Breaking news! Possible Democratic Party Presidential candidates

Kamala Harris, 49th Vice President of the USA has been endorsed by President Joe BIden.

Harris is be tasked with choosing a running mate before Aug. 7. Discussed as running mate:

"Kamala Harris’ Running Mate: Here’s Who Could Be Her VP After Biden Drops Out And Endorses Her" (Sara Dorn, July 21, 2024). < forbes.com >

• California Gov. Gavin Newsom
• Colorado Gov. Jared Polis
• Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker
• North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper
• Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz
• Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear
• Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
• Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro
• Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga.
• Maryland Gov. Wes Moore
• Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.
• Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

Geni's "current US Governor's project": https://www.geni.com/projects/Current-United-States-Governors/27429

Gavin Newsom, 40th Governor of California
Jared Schutz Polis
J.B. Pritzker
Roy Cooper, Governor of North Carolina
Governor Timothy James Walz
Andy Beshear, 63rd Governor of Kentucky
Gretchen Whitmer, 49th Governor of Michigan
Josh Shapiro
Raphael Warnock, U.S. Senator
Wes Moore
Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senator
Pete Buttigieg, 19th Secretary of Transportation

I am working on Andy Beshear's tree now.

Jared Schultz' profile is private.

Harris is declared so I think we can safely add her.

Capt. Mark Kelly, U.S. Senator is also being mentioned a lot, and his tree is very sparse.

Andrea Rogers-Valen is my 7th cousin something through Beshear, and there's another 5th cousin something on Geni. So naturally we're rooting for him ... and are available if you run into snags, quite possible with the many Beshear(s) of Hopkins County. He's also a "gateway" as his wife if of Jewish background.

Andy Beshear, 63rd Governor of Kentucky that is.

I'll look again at hometown hero Gabrielle Giffords, U.S. Congress wife of Capt. Mark Kelly, U.S. Senator

That's quite amusing, Erica Howton I came from Lithuania immigrants and have no idea about my paternal line (that is likely through Italians that never came to the US). My spouse has deep ties to the US, including MA and KY/IN, so maybe that way?

I will keep trying to find more on Andy. He is one of the last hopes that this NYer has. ;)

As one might expect of Appalachia and the tiny town of Dawson Springs, Kentucky, I am actually related several ways to Gov. Andy:

Andy Beshear, 63rd Governor of Kentucky is your third great aunt's third great nephew.

Andy Beshear, 63rd Governor of Kentucky is your fifth cousin once removed.

And, yes, of course I'm a fan! Although I like Mark Kelly & Pete Buttigieg & Gretchen Whitmer & Amy Klobucher & Gov. Warnock also.

Feeling a lot more optimistic about the election ....

:) Here too!

We might want to add Joe Manchin, U.S. Senator as a potential VP pick.

I cleaned up Kelly's profile, which was so outdated that he was still running for office.

I think his grandmother Katherine Irene Gould might be promising, since Turner isn't usually an Irish surname.

It sounds like a lot of these "candidates" are frankly very unlikely and not worth quite as much focus. The betting odds right now are Kelly, Cooper, Beshear, and Shapiro, roughly in that order.