The events represent the first in-person outreach to donors from a member of the Clinton-Kaine ticket since their electoral loss. | AP Photo Kaine to host California events with top Clinton fundraisers

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s running mate, is hosting a pair of receptions in California this week with top fundraisers to the Democratic nominee’s campaign to thank them for their contributions.

“Hillary and Tim are grateful for your support of their campaign and he looks forward to thanking you in person on December 2nd,” reads the invitation to Friday’s San Francisco event, which will be held at the home of former Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis.


Kaine will also headline a Los Angeles event during his California swing.

It's not unusual for a campaign to thank its top donors, but the events represent the first organized in-person outreach to donors from a member of the Clinton-Kaine ticket since they lost the White House to Donald Trump and Mike Pence earlier this month.

Clinton did join a conference call with top fundraisers just days after the election, pinning much of the blame for her loss on FBI Director Jim Comey’s letters. But it's Kaine who still has a political future.

The invitations come from a former member of Clinton’s finance staff, though donors are asked to RSVP to a member of Kaine’s political team.

The senator was a top fundraising draw for Clinton’s campaign in the closing months of her presidential bid, and many Democrats have long assumed he would eventually run for the White House himself.

But Kaine two weeks ago told his hometown Richmond Times-Dispatch he would not run for president or vice president again.