Potential VPs for a Theoretical 2024 Democratic Nominee Kamala Harris

[ShadowRocket]

I'm repeating myself, but if he becomes UN Ambassador or gets a Cabinet position, Pete Buttigieg strikes me as the ideal choice. I like the Cooper and Beshear suggestions as well.

I echo the sentiment that Sherrod Brown would be great if it weren't for the Senate seat issue. Though he'll be up for reelection in 2024 so maybe that could be a potential work around?

[ShadowRocket]

I echo the sentiment that Sherrod Brown would be great if it weren't for the Senate seat issue. Though he'll be up for reelection in 2024 so maybe that could be a potential work around?

If he was already planning on retiring, then it'd be fine (I mean, we'd still probably lose the seat, but with a retirement, that's the case regardless of whether or not he's the Veep), but if he's actively running for re-election, then that's more of a case to not pick him as the running mate in 2024. This wouldn't be the same thing as WI-01 2012, DE-SEN 2008, CT-SEN 2000, etc. This would be a winnable seat for the GOP, & they'd eat up being able to attack Brown for "abandoning OH," "caring more about his resume than his constituents," etc.

That was my thinking. It doesn't strike me as implausible that he'll retire that year, but then there would be the issue of convincing him to become VP in that scenario.

Who knows, maybe OH surprises us in two years and elects a Dem governor.

[ShadowRocket]

I echo the sentiment that Sherrod Brown would be great if it weren't for the Senate seat issue. Though he'll be up for reelection in 2024 so maybe that could be a potential work around?

If he was already planning on retiring, then it'd be fine (I mean, we'd still probably lose the seat, but with a retirement, that's the case regardless of whether or not he's the Veep), but if he's actively running for re-election, then that's more of a case to not pick him as the running mate in 2024. This wouldn't be the same thing as WI-01 2012, DE-SEN 2008, CT-SEN 2000, etc. This would be a winnable seat for the GOP, & they'd eat up being able to attack Brown for "abandoning OH," "caring more about his resume than his constituents," etc.

That was my thinking. It doesn't strike me as implausible that he'll retire that year, but then there would be the issue of convincing him to become VP in that scenario.

Who knows, maybe OH surprises us in two years and elects a Dem governor.

Given DeWine's response to COVID & his resultant sky-high approval rating, I highly doubt it

Unfortunately you're probably right. If only Cordray had won.