As part of our Running Mates project, The Postrider is presenting its 2020 Vice Presidential Tracker for the Democratic primary. With Joe Biden as the presumptive nominee, his strongest choices are listed on the right, but you can use this tool to pick a nominee out of all the major candidates who ran and determine their strongest vice presidential candidates. You can read about the methodology and sources for the tracker here.
Last update: September 17
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Biden’s Top Picks
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Kamala Harris Senator from California |
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John Hickenlooper Former Governor of Colorado |
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Doug Jones Senator from Alabama |
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Beto O'Rourke Former Representative from Texas |
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Tammy Duckworth Senator from Illinois |
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Hillary Clinton Former Secretary of State |
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Julian Castro Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
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Stacey Abrams Former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives |
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Michael Bennet Senator from Colorado |
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Bob Casey Jr. Senator from Pennsylvania |
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Catherine Cortez Masto Senator from Nevada |
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Sherrod Brown Senator from Ohio |
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Kirsten Gillibrand Senator from New York |
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Amy Klobuchar Senator from Minnesota |
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Cory Booker Senator from New Jersey |
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Tammy Baldwin Senator from Wisconsin |
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Pete Buttigieg Mayor of South Bend, Indiana |
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Martin Heinrich Senator from New Mexico |
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Jon Stewart Comedian, Activist |
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Howard Schultz Former CEO of Starbucks |
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Angus King Senator from Maine |
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Roy Cooper Governor of North Carolina |
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Deval Patrick Former Governor of Massachusetts |
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Tim Ryan Representative from Ohio |
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Tom Vilsack Former Secretary of Agriculture, former Governor of Iowa |
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Tulsi Gabbard Representative from Hawaii |
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Kyrsten Sinema Senator from Arizona |
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Mark Warner Senator from Virginia |
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Mazie Hirono Senator from Hawaii |
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Jon Tester Senator from Montana |
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Steve Bullock Governor of Montana |
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Ben Ray Lujan Representative from New Mexico |
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Tim Kaine Senator from Virginia |
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John Allen US Marine Corps four-star general |
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Bill de Blasio Mayor of New York City |
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Jeff Merkley Senator from Oregon |
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Elizabeth Warren Senator from Massachusetts |
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Chris Murphy Senator from Connecticut |
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Jeanne Shaheen Senator from New Hampshire |
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Maggie Hassan Senator from New Hampshire |
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Debbie Stabenow Senator from Michigan |
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Joe Kennedy III Representative from Massachusetts |
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Seth Moulton Representative from Massachusetts |
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Eric Holder Former Attorney General |
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Ken Salazar Former Secretary of the Interior, former Senator from Colorado |
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Jay Inslee Governor of Washington |
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Kate Brown Governor of Oregon |
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Terry McAuliffe Former Governor of Virginia |
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Eric Garcetti Mayor of Los Angeles |
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Andrew Gillum Former Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida |
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Michael Bloomberg Former Mayor of New York City |
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James Stavridis Former Navy admiral |
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Michelle Lujan Grisham Governor of New Mexico |
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Val Demings Representative from Florida |
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Gretchen Whitmer Governor of Michigan |
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Janet Napolitano Former Secretary of Homeland Security, former Governor of Arizona |
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Susan Rice Former National Security Advisor |