Democratic Party nominee for President, Joe Biden, resigns to give Kamala Harris the chance. Focus now shifts to a few well-known Democratic hopefuls who seek to win the party nomination and contest against Republicans in November.
Kamala Harris is an Afro American of South Asian origins and was appointed as the first ever female Vice-President in America as well as with race. Either the university vice president can be also its president.
Vice President Kamala Harris often credits Thurgood Marshall as her role model due to her early life where she was raised by activist parents. Her father was a renowned economist while her mother specialized in cancer treatment a profession they both met in some Californian University graduate school. Her memories are full of “protests and yelling about equality.”
During 2020, when Joe Biden selected Kamala Harris as his running mate, he referred to her as “a fierce advocate for those who have been left behind.” In recent weeks, she remains steadfast on the campaign trail for the Vice Presidential post while becoming more prominent within the Biden-Harris team.
The couple has been married since 2014; Emhoff is an attorney based in Los Angeles.
Illinois Governor J.B PritzkerAmerica’s richest politician and heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, with a net worth of $3.4 billion. Pritzker’s win over former incumbent governor Bruce Rauner in 2018 brought along with it massive state debt and piles of unpaid bills.
He balanced budgets, paid down billions of dollars in debt and improved Illinois’ credit rating with several credit upgrades while Democrats held supermajorities in both houses of legislature. This included fuller health insurance reforms so that education spending could be increased from pre-K through college levels; other areas were joined together under one statewide system instead of having separate programs organized by different agencies.
Pritzker won re-election last year after winning national acclaim for his handling COVID-19, edging out Trump-supported Republicans with 55% of the vote. In his victory speech, he hinted at a possible future run for president, slamming Trump and shouting “Are you ready to fight?”
Pritzker’s Think Big America organization financially supports Democratic candidates and causes nationwide while promoting access to abortion.
Gretchen Whitmer has rapidly ascended within the Democratic Party since her successful 2018 campaign for governorship of Michigan. She became an outspoken critic of Donald Trump as her prominence grew on the national stage. The Democratic response to President Trump’s State of the Union Address in 2020 was delivered by Whitmer who frequently clashed with him over COVID-19 responses from the federal government.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation uncovered a conspiracy to kidnap Whitmer last year that led to nine men pleading guilty or being convicted. Major wins occurred during her 2022 re-election bid targeting reproductive rights and this culminated in voter-approved abortions law in Michigan.
Whitmers national profile has been raised by meetings with Joe Biden during vetting for VP selection process, culminating in launching her memoir.
Born in San Francisco, Gavin Newsom got his start volunteering on Willie Brown’s mayoral campaign in 1995. Subsequently appointed by Brown following vacancy on SF Board of Supervisors and later elected mayor, Newsom had entered politics before serving as California’s lieutenant governor (2010) and then governor (2018), pursuing progressivism aggressively while retaining high level national exposure.
Newsom, who is 56 years old, has been one of Biden’s staunchest defenders even as he faces mounting criticism over his poor performance in the presidential debates. “He will be our nominee,” Newsom said on a recent visit to New Hampshire.
Pennsylvania’s governor Josh Shapiro is regarded as a political prodigy and this is his second term after defeating Trump’s candidate with ease. In media appearances, Shapiro, aged 51, publicly endorsed Joe Biden and has always fought against Trump first as state attorney general and now as Governor.
If chosen, Shapiro would be the first presidential candidate of Jewish heritage or the second vice-presidential candidate of Jewish ancestry.. He won three statewide races through an intensive campaign that projected him as a low-key substitute for U.S Senator John Fetterman.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper won six statewide elections in a state where Republicans usually dominate. The governor, aged 67, enjoys high approval ratings due to it has benefited from a burgeoning economy. He has presented himself as an advocate for public education and women’s rights to choose.
Cooper was born in Nash County and served in the House of Representatives for 14 years eventually becoming Senate majority leader. In 2000 he was elected attorney general known for clearing three former Duke University lacrosse players accused wrongly of sexual assault.
Cooper succeeded Republican Governor Pat McCrory in 2016 and won re-election last year..
Andy Beshear of Kentucky is known to be an up-and-coming Democrat who continually defeats Republicans supported by President Trump. Ky.’s response during COVID-19 pandemic and other disasters attracted attention with its governor’s empathetic reactions and detailed explanations.
Beshear had seen record-breaking economic growth while repeatedly mentioning his faith in Christianity. Being an attorney at law, he unseated Matt Bevin – Republican incumbent backed up by Trump – in 2019 only to win his reelection last year.
Mark Kelly is currently a U.S senator from Arizona who is known as an average Democrat in this Republican state. Kelly’s entrance into politics unfolded on the day his wife, soon-to-be-former U.S congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was shot in the head. Giffords has been a powerful surrogate for Kelly ever since she and Kelly formed an organization advocating for gun control.
Kelly’s priority areas are nationwide security, drought problems as well as promoting the growth of American semiconductor manufacturing. He has retained support of Democratic base without alienating independents.
