Doug Emhoff Is Kamala Harris’ Envoy for Wooing Jewish Donors (1)

When Kamala Harris suddenly took Joe Biden’s place as the Democratic nominee for president, there were two challenges that stood out.

The vice president needed to get donors who feared the race was lost after Biden’s calamitous debate against Republican nominee Donald Trump to start giving again. And she had to reassure Jewish voters — many of them among the party’s biggest financial backers — that she would fight antisemitism.

Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff during the Democratic National Convention.

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

In both cases, her husband, Doug Emhoff, has played a crucial role.

A Hollywood lawyer for decades before Biden and Harris won the 2020 election, Emhoff was ...