Who is “Trump’s” rival? Increasing support of Democrats for “Kamala Harris”
After the resignation of Joe Biden, the main candidate of the Democratic Party for the US presidential elections, speculations about his successor have increased; The Washington Post newspaper announced that the support of officials and senior members of the Democratic Party for the candidacy of Kamala Harris, Biden’s current vice president, is increasing.
According to the Washington Post, 30 out of 50 Democratic senators in the Senate, 137 out of 188 Democratic representatives in the House of Representatives, and 23 Democratic governors have also announced their support for the candidacy of Kamala Harris.
Also, the influential group of blacks in the Congress, which consists of 60 legislators, also supported Harris’ candidacy.
After withdrawing from the US presidential election race, Biden announced his support for his vice president Kamla Harris for the Democratic nomination. After withdrawing from the 2024 election competition, he emphasized in a message: Today I want to offer my full support to Kamla Harris as our party’s candidate this year. Democrats – it’s time to come together and defeat Trump. Let’s do it.
Support of 536 representatives of the Assembly of Democrats
About 4,000 Democratic representatives supported Joe Biden’s candidacy for the presidential election in the past months; With Biden’s resignation, these representatives are going to announce the main candidate of the Democratic Party at the Democratic National Convention, which will be held on August 19-22.
Kamala Harris needs the support of at least 1986 delegates to secure her nomination; According to the report of “Hill” magazine, so far, all the representatives of the states of Tennessee, Florida, New Hampshire, Louisiana, North and South Carolina have declared their support for the candidacy of Kamala Harris, which is a total of 531 representatives.
Who will be Trump’s rival?
With Biden’s official withdrawal from the US presidential election, the leaders of the Democratic Party are now looking for the best replacement for him to compete with “Donald Trump”, the main candidate of the Republican Party in the presidential elections in the next few months.
Accordingly, although Biden has supported Kamala Harris, his vice-president, to compete with Donald Trump, the Republican candidate in the November election, but ultimately the Democratic Party convention must choose the final choice from among the party’s leading figures.
There are now 9 main options to replace Biden in the upcoming elections, which include the following:
Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States
Gavin Newsom, Governor of California
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer
Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania
JB Pritzker, Governor of Illinois
Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland
Andy Bashir, Governor of Kentucky
Amy Klobuchar, Democratic Senator
Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation