Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, though it is unclear if other senior Democrats will challenge her for the nomination
President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del., en route to Rehoboth Beach, July 17, 2024. On Sunday, Biden announced he was withdrawing from the presidential race.and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris . Now Democrats must navigate a shift that is unprecedented this late in an election year.
In the weeks since the debate, nearly three dozen Democrats in Congress and five senators publicly called on Biden to bow out. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi also privately warned Biden that Democrats could lose the ability to seize control of the House if he didn’t step away from the 2024 race, according to several people familiar with the sensitive internal matters.
Before Biden announced his decision, Democrats floated California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as potential contenders, in addition to Harris. Biden won nearly every state primary and caucus earlier this year. Normally the delegates of those states would vote for Biden to be the party’s official presidential nominee at the Democratic National Convention, which is set to take place Aug. 19-22 in Chicago.
But if the delegates fail to unite behind one candidate and no one achieves a majority, then there would be a brokered convention, in which the delegates act as free agents and negotiate with the party leadership.
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