2020 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection

Selection process

At the March 15, 2020 Democratic primary debate between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Biden committed to selecting a woman as his running mate.[1] At that same debate, Sanders stated that he would likely do the same, but did not pledge to do so.[2] Biden became the presumptive presidential nominee after Sanders dropped out on April 8,[3] though the Democratic ticket will not be officially nominated until the 2020 Democratic National Convention in August 2020. Biden plans to announce his running mate by August 1, 2020.

Assuming Biden follows through on his pledge, his running mate would become the third woman to be the vice presidential nominee of a major party in United States history, following Democrat Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 and Republican Sarah Palin in 2008.[4] If the Democratic ticket wins the 2020 election, Biden's running mate would become the first woman serving as Vice President of the United States on January 20, 2021.

Additionally, Biden has indicated that he will make his selection on the basis of shared political beliefs and past experience. He has noted that his selection will likely be younger than he is and that he will likely pick someone who is "ready on Day 1 to be president."[5] On April 30, it was announced that the vetting committee would consist of Lisa Blunt Rochester, Chris Dodd, Eric Garcetti, and Cynthia Hogan.[6]

Vetting process

The Biden campaign was reported to have begun the vetting process of potential running mates in May 2020, which is expected to last several months. On June 26, 2020, CNN reported that the following four individuals were the leading candidates for the nomination.[7]

The Associated Press reported on June 12, that the following two individuals had advanced to further stages in the vetting process along with the four named in CNN's article, with the possibility that some other vetted candidates had as well.[13]

The following seven individuals were originally cited to have begun undergoing vetting by the Biden campaign in May or June 2020, but it is uncertain whether they have moved on to further stages in subsequent months or not.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21] On June 18, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar confirmed that she had removed herself from consideration and urged for Biden to select a woman of color due to the George Floyd protests that had since emerged.[22][23]

Declined to be considered

The following individuals publicly confirmed that they had declined to be vetted by the Biden campaign.

Media speculation about other potential running mates

The following individuals received coverage as potential running mates from multiple news sources, but have not been reported to have been asked to undergo vetting by the Biden campaign.

Members of Congress

Federal executive branch officials

Governors

Mayors

Other individuals

Opinion polling
Vice presidential polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Stacey Abrams
Tammy Baldwin
Keisha Lance Bottoms
Catherine Cortez Masto
Val Demings
Tammy Duckworth
Kamala Harris
Amy Klobuchar
Michelle Lujan Grisham
Susan Rice
Elizabeth Warren
Gretchen Whitmer
Others
Undecided
Yahoo! News/YouGov Jun 9–10, 2020 1288 (RV) 14% – 6% – 8% – 24% 14% – – 30% 5% – –
Monmouth Jun 1–9, 2020 2240 (LV) 10% – 2% – 7% – 28% 12% – 2% 13% 2% 8% –
Yahoo! News/YouGov May 4–5, 2020 1224 (RV) 11% 5% – 6% – – 17% 18% – – 34% 8% – –
Vox May 1, 2020 605 (V) 7% – – 3% – – 15% 9% – – 42% 4% – 20%
CBS/YouGov Apr 28–May 1, 2020 1671 (LV) 14% 1% – 2% 3% 3% 19% 13% 1% 4% 36% 3% 1%[lower-alpha 3] –
Economist/YouGov Apr 26–28, 2020 1222 (RV) 8% 2% – – – – 9% 7% – – 15% 2% 13%[lower-alpha 4] 44%
Harvard/Harris Apr 14–16, 2020 2394 (RV) – – – – – – 10% 10% 1% – 13% 3% 63%[lower-alpha 5] –

See also

Notes
  1. Individual is a member of the Republican Party
  2. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. Sally Yates with 1%
  4. "Someone else" with 13%
  5. Bernie Sanders with 20%; Andrew Cuomo with 11%; Michael Bloomberg with 8%; Pete Buttigieg with 7%; Tom Steyer with 3%; "Other" with 14%

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