Kamala Harris may seek running mate from swing state, specialist says

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00:00Walking into Beyoncé's freedom, Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to make history once

00:09again as the first woman of color set to wind up on top of the Democratic ticket.

00:22As Kamala Harris now shifts her attention to securing the nomination for the Democratic

00:26Party, she'll soon need to land on a vice presidential candidate.

00:30Some of the names during the rounds include the governor of North Carolina, Roy Cooper,

00:35as well as former astronaut Mark Kelly, who's now a senator from Arizona.

00:40The two options are really to pick somebody from a, quote unquote, purple state, right,

00:45a swing state.

00:46So that would be Michigan, Pennsylvania, or else a Democratic governor in an otherwise

00:53red state.

00:54Somebody who's figured out how to speak to that middle group of voters who this election

00:59is going to come down to.

01:01The governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, has also emerged as one of the frontrunners

01:05for the job, and on Monday he didn't rule out his interest.

01:09Are you interested in the job?

01:11I'm focused on doing my job.

01:13We focus on getting shit done for the good people of Pennsylvania.

01:17While the Democratic convention doesn't start until the 19th of August, certain states have

01:22tighter deadlines for certifying which candidates are on the ballot.

01:26It means Kamala Harris won't have a whole lot of time to vet her running mate.

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