The age match of Joe Biden, president of the U.S — who will turn 82 shortly after the 2024 election — and their continuing political struggles result in this: a series of stories assessing whether Biden runs again in the next elections and, if not, who could take his place.
In the midst of just one of these news cycles, The New York Times ran a big list about Biden’s potential replacements within the Democratic Party.
A White House, aware of the rumors, made it clear that Biden plans a second term.
“The president has every intention of running for reelection,” said the White House press secretary Jen Psaki, on Monday (13).
.@PressSec: “The president has every intention of running for reelection.”
— Joey Garrison (@joeygarrison) December 13, 2021
But what if Biden’s plans change? Below is a series of the most mentioned candidate names for 2024.
* Kamala Harris: She undoubtedly fought as vice president, but is still Biden’s most likely unnamed Democrat to be Democratic nominee in 2024.
* Pete Buttigieg: The most talented candidate in the field of 2024, “Mayor Pete” was also the sales center for the Biden infrastructure project.
* Elizabeth Warren: The Massachusetts senator is still popular with liberals — and he wouldn’t share the vote with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders this time around, as he did in 2020.
* Amy Klobuchar: Aside from Buttigieg, the Minnesota senator was probably the best-regarded of the losing candidates in 2020 — and her Midwestern roots are always an asset, given the electoral roadmap.
* Roy Cooper: With a term limit of 2024, the North Carolina governor has ample time to consider his next step — starting with his service as vice president of the Democratic Governors Association.
* Mitch Landrieu: Being tasked with implementing the infrastructure bill is a big (and high-profile) job that the former mayor of New Orleans gladly took on.
* Gina Raimondo: She went from governor of Rhode Island to secretary of commerce in the Biden administration, but it remains to be seen whether she is too moderate to win the Democratic primary at this time.
* Gretchen Whitmer: The Michigan governor needs to win what could be a tough re-election race next year before she can seriously consider a national race.
* Phil Murphy: The record of New Jersey governors running for president isn’t great these days (sorry Chris Christie!), but Murphy could use the next few years of his administration as a test model for some national party policy.
* JB Pritzker: Pritzker has two things going for him – 1) He’s the governor of a large Midwestern state (Illinois) and 2) he’s very, very rich.
* Stacey Abrams: Abrams talked openly about running in 2020 before passing the race; but she needs to win the Georgia governorship in 2022 long before she thinks 2024.
The point is, if Biden decides not to run, we’ll likely see a field full of Democrats looking to replace him.
Reference: CNN Brasil

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