Stacey Abrams. Tammy Duckworth. Kamala Harris. Elizabeth Warren. Joe Biden's in the market for a vice presidential candidate. Here's a quick breakdown of the pros and cons of people he could choose as his running mate.
Perhaps no state is more important in 2020 than Wisconsin. Democrats lost it narrowly in 2016, and it's the most conservative of the three former Blue Wall states Clinton lost, including Michigan and Pennsylvania. Baldwin has a lot of firsts to her name: She's the first woman elected to the House and also the Senate from Wisconsin; and she's the first openly gay person elected to the Senate.
She also has her own compelling story to tell when it comes to health care, as she had a"pre-existing condition" as a child that made it difficult for her family to get her care. So though she, unlike Biden, mayBaldwin isn't well known nationally and, perhaps more importantly, picking her would mean opening up a potentially vulnerable Senate seat after she just won reelection to it in 2018. Her seat would go to a special election in 2021.
Additionally, her time as Orlando police chief has rankled some African American leaders, because though Orlando saw a drop in violent crime, the department paid out millions in damages after lawsuits
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