9 possible running mates Kamala Harris could pick
... Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro
Shapiro, 51, has served as governor since 2023 and prior to that, he was Pennsylvania’s attorney general since 2017, county commissioner and state representative. If Harris were to pick Shapiro, it could bring in some extra votes from a swing state that Democrats desperately need to hold if they want to hold onto the White House....
Depending on term limits he could lead the state until 2031. Why trade that for being window dressing?
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly
Kelly, 60, has served as a senator since 2020 and prior to that was a NASA astronaut and a Navy combat pilot. He’s married to former Rep. Gabby Giffords and represents a key battleground state. When he beat incumbent Republican Martha McSally four years ago in a special election for former Sen. John McCain's seat, he became the first Democrat to hold the seat since 1962. He won reelection two years later easily....
Great guy, but AZ is purple and the Senate is a toss-up. Stay.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Whitmer, 52, has served as governor since 2019. Prior to that, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives and in the Michigan Senate. She’s been considered a potential 2028 successor since she won the gubernatorial race in 2022 by nearly 11 points in a battleground state....
Kamala will choose a White man and Whitmer can still do a lot of good for Michigan.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear
Beshear, 46, was elected governor in 2019 and recently won reelection in November in a five-point victory, a significant win for Democrats in a deeply red state. Beshear was also elected the state’s attorney general in 2015.
Beshear, who has moderate bonafides, also comes from Kentucky political royalty. His father, Steve Beshear, also beat the odds as a Democrat in the overwhelmingly red state when he won the governorship in 2007 and 2011....
He may be the only Dem that can lead Kentucky. Stay.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper
Cooper, 67, has served as North Carolina’s governor since 2017 and is prevented from running again due to term limits....
Perfectly available, swing state, kinda old to lead the Dems into the post-Kamala future, nttawwt.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom
Newsom, 56, was a prominent surrogate for Biden and has been governor since 2019. Prior to that, he served as San Francisco’s mayor and then the lieutenant governor of California.
Newsom is often discussed as a potential presidential candidate but would face a huge hurdle serving as Harris’ running mate for one simple reason: They both hail from California. Under the 12th Amendment, Electoral College members vote for the president and vice president but one of them “shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves.” So that means if Harris picked Newsom as a running mate, they would forgo all of California’s 54 Electoral College votes....
Dealbreaker?
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker
Pritzker, 59, is seen as a possible presidential candidate in part for his standing in the party and his ability to self-fund a campaign. His family started the Hyatt hotel empire. He’s in his second term as governor and before that was active in Democratic fundraising circles.
Pritzker has been a pit bull in attacking Trump, a practice that started during his first term as governor trying to get the former president to act quicker on delivering personal protective equipment during the pandemic....
And he's GoCubsGo approved!
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore
Moore, 45, became Maryland's first Black governor in 2023 and is widely seen as a possible candidate for the White House in the future. The young governor, just 45, also has an impressive resume as a New York Times bestselling author, Rhodes Scholar, combat veteran, and former CEO of the Robin Hood foundation, an anti-poverty organization....
Kamala will choose a White man. Depending on term limits he could lead the state until 2031. Why trade that for being window dressing?
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
Another former contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, Pete Buttigieg has also formally endorsed Harris. He said in a statement on X that Harris was “the right person to take up the torch, defeat Donald Trump, and succeed Joe Biden as President.”
Buttigieg, 42, the Secretary of Transportation, was known among his supporters as “Mayor Pete” as the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana. He is also the first openly gay person confirmed to the presidential Cabinet. Buttigieg is also a Rhodes Scholar and served in Afghanistan.
Would Kamala dare? He's paid his dues and would be fine by me.
IMO - Roy Cooper, JB Pritzker or Pete Buttigieg, with Cooper having the swing state advantage. Other ideas?
It would be seen by many as being pretty rude.
