Top 10 Potential Democratic Candidates for the 2024 US Presidential Election: Who Will Win the Race?

2023-01-22 08:00:00

A seemingly endless election in Congress, secret files in the US President’s garage. The warm-up for the 2024 election season in the USA has already begun.

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Will he stand for re-election? Is he still fit enough? And can he beat the Republican challenger – even if it’s not Donald Trump? Questions Joe Biden and the Democratic Party need to ask themselves right now.
Apparently there is no answer yet, because an official campaign has not yet started among the Democrats. The only thing that is certain so far is that Biden’s predecessor is applying to the Republicans for the presidential candidacy. Who is running for the Democrats?

Here are ten names that might get interesting in the coming period. It was taken into account how likely it is that the people will run for office and how promising their chances of winning are.

Joe Biden, 80, US President

First of all: no campaign has officially started yet. Whether Joe Biden will run for re-election will probably be a question of his sense of duty, his pride, his wife and family and his health. Biden benefits from the fact that the Democrats achieved a historically good result in the midterm elections in November. Observers expect Biden to have good chances, especially in a possible race against Trump.
His age is the number one reason polls give Democratic voters not to seek a second term. The current President is already the oldest in the history of the United States. At the end of a second term, Biden would be 86 years old. In addition, the discovery of confidential documents will damage him in the public eye.

Employees of the US President have forwarded supposedly secret finds to the National Archives. This is thoroughly exploited by the opposition Republicans.

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Kamala Harris, 58, Vice President

It would be plausible that the Democrats could rally around the Vice President if Biden no longer runs. Therefore, Kamala Harris is without question a potential candidate. The daughter of immigrants from India and Jamaica, the former attorney general in California and a US senator has been useful to Biden in winning votes in certain constituencies. However, many observers currently doubt that she can lead a successful presidential campaign.

The 58-year-old carries around ballast because of her current position. Their popularity ratings are no longer what they were when they took office. There was always controversy about her personal leadership style.

Kamala Harris, Vice President, born October 20, 1964What: epa


Pete Buttigieg, 41, Secretary of Transportation

Pete Buttigieg is Secretary of Transportation in the Biden administration and the first openly gay person to hold a cabinet post. Buttigieg was mayor of South Bend, Indiana, before running for president in 2019.

In March 2020, however, the 41-year-old suspended his campaign and from then on supported then-Vice President Biden. Buttigieg is definitely someone to watch in the months and years to come.

Pete Buttigieg, United States Secretary of Transportation, born January 19, 1982What: AP


Roy Cooper, 65, Governor von North Carolina

The North Carolina governor keeps popping up on the favorites list, though many don’t even have his name on the radar. Cooper is described as a Biden-style candidate.

He went to public school, worked on the family farm during the summers, also worked as a lawyer, and presents himself as a loving father to his three daughters. The 65-year-old has been governor since 2017. When his term ends in 2025, he won’t stand for re-election, so he could look for a new job if he wanted to. Actually good timing for a candidacy.

Roy Cooper, Governor North Carolina, b. on June 13, 1957 What: Archyde.com


Amy Klobuchar, 62, Senator from Minnesota

Amy Klobuchar is a member of the US Senate and has been in office since 2007. The Yale graduate was previously an attorney in Minnesota. After poor results, she withdrew her bid for a 2020 presidential nomination and endorsed Joe Biden.

Will she try again? The fact that the 62-year-old has announced that she will run for re-election to the Senate in 2024 speaks against this.

Amy Klobuchar, Senator from Minnesota, born. am 25. MaySource: dpa


Gavin Newsom, 55, Governor of California

Newsom was the mayor of San Francisco and has been the governor of California since 2019. The 55-year-old announced that he did not want to run as a presidential candidate. But it shouldn’t be dropped completely from the table.

In the past year, few governors have garnered so much attention by criticizing Republican Governors Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott in sometimes sensational promotional videos.
Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, b. on October 10, 1967What: AP


Bernie Sanders, 81, Senator from Vermont

Sanders has represented Vermont in the Senate since 2007. He was previously a member of the US House of Representatives. In the 2016 presidential election, he was a candidate in the Democratic primary and won the support of young voters and the left in particular. He placed second behind Hillary Clinton. He also ran again in the primaries of the subsequent presidential elections, but stopped campaigning in April 2020.

Last spring, Sanders did not rule out a possible candidacy should Biden no longer run. This emerged from a strategy paper. Experts assess the chances that a candidate from the left-wing Democrats will be able to convince a broad electorate to be rather low. He had also often criticized the style of his colleagues before the midterms. The fact that the midterm elections ultimately turned out so well for the Democrats does not give him any bonus points.

Bernie Sanders, Senator from Vermont, born September 8, 1941Source: dpa


Gretchen Whitmer, 51, Governor of Michigan

The governor has had a convincing win at the past Midterms. In the swing state of Michigan, which went to Trump in 2016, she has turned things around for the Democrats for the second time and won by a double-digit margin. When a local broadcaster asked her if she wanted to run for re-election in 2024, she flatly dismissed the idea: “I’m not going to run for the presidency.”

Nevertheless, she remains an interesting candidate for many. Because it has demonstrated its ability to appeal to a diverse constituency, and that can be a significant strength in a national campaign.

Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, born August 23, 1971What: AP


JB Pritzker, 58, Governor von Illinois

The recently re-elected governor already seems to be working towards a possible candidacy in 2024. In his speech on election night, he presented himself as a candidate should Biden no longer run. He lashed out at the Republican Party and criticized them for not distancing themselves more clearly from Trump.

Prior to taking office in 2019, Pritzker held no public office. He is an heir to the Hyatt hotels. Forbes estimates his net worth at $3.6 billion which makes him one of the richest politicians.

Raoul Pritzker, Governor of Illinois, b. on January 19, 1965What: AP


Josh Shapiro, 49, Governor of Pennsylvania

Anyone who follows the rise of the 49-year-old expects that he has bigger plans. Few candidates received as much support in 2022 as former Attorney General Josh Shapiro. His success in a state as important in presidential elections as Pennsylvania is why he is very high on many Democrats’ lists.

He would be the first Jewish President of the United States. Unlike others before him, Shapiro has never downplayed his faith. On the contrary, he has made his religion and the fight against anti-Semitism a central part. But whether he will really start the race is questionable, because he has only been in office for a short time.
Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, born June 20, 1973What: AP


Also of note are: Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey, Cory Booker, Senator from New Jersey, Ro Khanna, Congresswoman from California, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Congresswoman from New York, Elizabeth Warren, Senator from Massachusetts

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