Florida Rep. Val Demings is attracting an increasing amount of attention from Biden advisers, donors and congressional Democrats
Demings told POLITICO that she’s honored just to be considered by Biden. She connects his campaign-trail stump speech about restoring the American dream with the story of her upbringing as the youngest of seven children who was born to a maid and a janitor and grew up in a two-bedroom house with a leaky roof but no heat or air conditioning.
, which could put the African-American politician on a crash course with the Black Lives Matter movement if she’s picked. Demings acknowledged the department had difficulties and said she had instituted an “early warning system” to spot problematic officers. Though she’s 63, had a career as a big-city police chief and served in Congress, that might not be enough for a Washington institutionalist like Biden.
With such an emphasis on personal relationships and statewide officeholding credentials, the three women who ran against Biden for president — Sens. Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar — are considered the frontrunners for the post, although there’s no running tally or scoreboard being kept.
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