Now that President Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, here are some of the Democrats who could become the party's nominee.
over several of the most discussed Democratic alternatives: She's already been on a winning presidential ticket with Biden, has years of goodwill banked with core party constituencies and would likely control a huge campaign fund amassed by the Biden reelection. Harris is the first woman to serve as vice president as well as the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to serve in the office.
Another governor near the top of the list is Gavin Newsom of California, who's expressed strong support for Biden, especially since the June 27 debate, hitting the campaign trail to stump for the president in Pennsylvania, Michigan and New Hampshire.as one of the Democratic Party’s brightest rising stars with close ties to California’s powerful donor network. And he's long been expected to launch his own presidential bid, possibly as soon as 2028.
Biden's 42-year-old transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg is another Democratic rising star who made a name for himself with his 2020 presidential primary campaign gained widespread grassroots support. Upon suspending his campaign to, as he said at the time,"bring our party and country together," Buttigieg turned his support toward Biden, whoand later nominated him for transportation secretary. At 38, Buttigieg became the first openly gay Cabinet secretary in U.S.
Kentucky's 46-year-old governor Andy Beshear is another of the several Democratic governors viewed as a potential candidate to join the party’s presidential ticket. His hard-fought victories over Trump-endorsed GOP opponents in the red-leaning state in both 2019 and 2023 raised his national profile.
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