No one knows the importance of selecting the right running mate better than Vice President Kamala Harris. With Harris now the leading candidate to succeed President Joe Biden as the presumptive Democratic pres
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper speaks before Vice President Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Greensboro, North Carolina, Thursday, Jul 11, 2024. Harris now the leading candidate to succeed President Joe Biden as the presumptive Democratic presidential nomineeKentucky Governor Andy Beshear speaks during an interview at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, on Monday, Jul 22, 2024.
He won widespread praise for his empathy and attention to detail in guiding the Bluegrass State through the COVID-19 pandemic and leading the response to tornadoes and flooding that caused massive damage. He honed his speaking skills by holding regular news conferences that often lasted an hour or so.
The North Carolina governor has won six statewide general elections over two decades in a state where Republicans routinely prevail in similar federal races and also control the legislature. Cooper unseated another incumbent in 2016, Republican Governor Pat McCrory by roughly 10,000 votes. A top campaign issue was the “bathroom bill” that McCrory signed requiring transgender people to use public restrooms that corresponded with the sex on their birth certificates. As governor, Cooper quickly reached an agreement with legislators to partially repeal the law.
Kelly’s first turn in the national political spotlight came through tragedy. His wife, then-US Representative Gabrielle Giffords, was shot in the head while meeting with constituents outside a grocery store in Tucson. The shooting left six people dead and spawned an early reckoning with political violence and partisan rancour.
Originally from New Jersey, he settled with Giffords in Tucson after retiring from NASA and the Navy.
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