Democratic convention hints at what’s ahead in 2028
By
Naomi Lim
and
Mabinty Quarshie
August 28, 2024 6:30 am
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CHICAGO — The 2024 Democratic National Convention was Vice President Kamala Harris‘s coronation as the party’s nominee.
But it also provided a preview of a potential 2028 primary should Harris lose to former President Donald Trump this November.
Democratic leaders who were once considered possible successors to President Joe Biden as head of the party repeatedly united around Harris during the convention, raising their own national profiles without upstaging the vice president.
Govs. Andy Beshear (D-KY), Roy Cooper (D-NC), Wes Moore (D-MD), J.B. Pritzker (D-IL), Josh Shapiro (D-PA), and Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI), in addition to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), were all given prime-time speaking spots during which they introduced or reintroduced themselves to the public. Pritzker, the convention’s host governor, even had Illinois Democratic Party Chairwoman Lisa Hernandez introduce him during the ceremonial roll call before he cast the Prairie State’s electoral votes for Harris.
Their speeches defended a Harris presidency compared to another Trump administration, but took the opportunity, too, to amplify a little biographical information of their own.
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