Who Could Challenge Harris As A Presidential Candidate, And Who Could Be The VP Pick? – Analysis

Pete Baumgartner

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U.S. President Joe Biden’s endorsement of his vice president, Kamala Harris, to replace him as the Democratic Party’s candidate for president has given her a strong position as the front-runner — but it does not officially make her the candidate.

Harris has garnered many endorsements from Democratic members of Congress, former politicians, and major donors in the hours since Biden’s announcement on July 21 that he was withdrawing from the presidential race.

They include former President Bill Clinton and his wife — former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton — along with more than half of the Democrats in the Senate and dozens of Democratic members of the House of Representatives.

But several major Democratic Party figures have not yet endorsed her — including ex-President Barack Obama, former House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer — to challenge Republican nominee Donald Trump in the November 5 election.