(CNN) — Kamala Harris is in New York for the start of her book tour, but she also took care of a little political business while in town: fielding a call on Wednesday afternoon from Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor in New York City.

The call, according to two people familiar with it, was warmer and more fulsome than Harris’ answer when Rachel Maddow asked her on Monday during an interview on MSNBC if she would endorse Mamdani.

“I support the Democrat in the race, sure,” Harris said then, before highlighting other Democrats across the country and arguing not all of the focus should be on New York City.

She backed Mamdani more strongly on Wednesday, making clear that she would become perhaps the highest-profile Democrat to formally back Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic

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