{"id":2289056,"date":"2024-07-04T05:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T09:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-get-passed-over-for-governors-as-biden-replacements-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-04T05:41:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T09:41:53","slug":"senate-democrats-get-passed-over-for-governors-as-biden-replacements-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-get-passed-over-for-governors-as-biden-replacements-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Democrats get passed over for governors as Biden replacements &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-democrats-get-passed-over-for-governors-as-biden-replacements-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2289056&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u200c article\u200c discusses the potential for Democratic \u200dgovernors \u200cto replace \u200dPresident Joe Biden in the\u2063 upcoming election, amid calls for him to withdraw from the race. While several Democratic senators have also \u2062run \u200dfor president in\u2064 the past,\u200b the focus is on governors\u200d with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-presses-trump-on-former-admin-members-whove-turned-on-him-trump-hits-back-hard-10-to-1\/\" title=\"Fox News questions Trump about former administration members who have criticized him, and Trump responds aggressively, claiming the ratio is &quot;10 to 1.&quot;\">higher political ambitions<\/a>. The\u2064 article highlights the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nh-gov-chris-sununu-says-trumps-announcement-fell-flat-and-shares-why-he-will-never-run-for-senate\/\" title=\"NH Gov. Chris Sununu Says Trump&#039;s Announcement \u201cFell Flat\u201d and Shares Why He Will Never Run for Senate\">executive-level experience<\/a> and track\u2063 record of governors in\u2062 becoming presidents, compared\u2063 to senators. It\u200d also mentions specific\u2062 governors\u200b who have been floated as\u200c potential successors to \u200cBiden, as\u200b well \u200cas the reluctance of some senators \u200cto run for president again. Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf provides insights into the qualities \u200cthat make governors more appealing presidential candidates. \u2063the article explores\u2062 the dynamics within the Democratic \u2062party as they\u200d consider \u200dpotential replacements for Biden in the upcoming election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Senate Democrats get passed over for governors as potential Biden replacements<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/rtouchberry\/\">Ramsey Touchberry<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-04T05:00:00-04:00\">July 4, 2024 5:00 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1694456\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Democratic governors have been thrust into the spotlight as potential saviors of the party should President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> heed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3068719\/25-house-democrats-ready-ask-biden-withdraw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"mounting calls\">mounting calls<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3069638\/white-house-says-biden-absolutely-not-dropping-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">withdraw from the race<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The same can\u2019t be said of Senate Democrats. That\u2019s despite several of them having run for president in 2020, including Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).<\/p>\n<p>And in the 2016 election, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) was nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-gov-gavin-newsom-met-secretly-with-prince-harry-meghan-markle-ahead-of-election\/\" title=\"California Gov. Gavin Newsom Met \u2018Secretly\u2019 With Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Ahead Of Election\">elected vice president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Still, it\u2019s the governors with higher political ambitions who are getting all the glory amid the continued fallout from Biden\u2019s debate flop that\u2019s raised questions if he\u2019ll still be in the running by this time next week. Govs. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI), J.B. Pritzker (D-IL), Josh Shapiro (D-PA), and Andy Beshear (D-KY) have all been floated as some of the likeliest of successors, in addition to Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>The White House on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3068094\/white-house-hunter-biden-sat-presidents-meetings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"vehemently denied\">vehemently denied<\/a> reports that Biden may be considering bowing out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>Governors have executive-level experience in contrast to senators. But they also have a far better track record when it comes to becoming presidents, including 17 who have accomplished such a feat throughout U.S. history. Just three senators have become president.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a reason for that, according to Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf, a former adviser to President Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Governors] tend to be picked from particular geographies, the nominees from both parties, with higher probabilities of winning because they can bring different parts of the country together,\u201d Sheinkopf said. \u201cThe question is do any of the people that have been mentioned fit the profile? The answer is likely not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having already run for the job, albeit unsuccessfully, the senators with presidential campaign experience could find the proposition of trying to right a sinking ship even less appealing.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Kaine\u2019s Senate reelection campaign told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that the second-term senator was \u201cabsolutely not\u201d interested in a White House run. The campaigns or offices of the other senators did not respond to requests for comment about their potential interest. Warren, Sanders, Gillibrand, and Klobuchar are all up for reelection this year in safe seats. <\/p>\n<p>Sheinkopf made the case that Kaine and Klobuchar would be appealing options among the Senate crowd. Kaine hails from the purply state of Virginia and was Hillary Clinton\u2019s vice presidential nominee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKaine is a real horse. He comes from a state that is marginal that could go either way,\u201d Sheinkopf said. \u201cHe has stature, he could raise the money, and he\u2019s had experience running in a national campaign before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Klobuchar, similar to Biden, more closely aligns with the centrist wing of the party that is often most attractive to swing voters. Sheinkopf described her as \u201cappealing to the center, which is part of Democrats\u2019 problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the governors who\u2019ve been floated also aren\u2019t currently interested in the job of commander in chief \u2014 or so they say.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom has repeatedly tamped down calls to jump in the race and has remained one of Biden\u2019s most loyal surrogates, even as the list of prominent Democrats who say he needs to be replaced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3068503\/democrats-who-say-biden-should-drop-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"grows by the day\">grows by the day<\/a>. Newsom traveled to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to \u201cstand with the president\u201d and attend a meeting between Biden and other Democratic governors from around the country.<\/p>\n<p>Whitmer has stated she is \u201cbehind him 100% in the fight to defeat Donald Trump\u201d and has insisted Biden can still win her battleground state of Michigan.  <\/p>\n<p>Pritzker\u2019s state of Illinois will be host of next month\u2019s Democratic National Convention in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m 100% on board with supporting him as our nominee unless he makes some other decision,\u201d Pritzker told CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday night. \u201cAnd then I think we\u2019re all going to be discussing what\u2019s the best way forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro in battleground Pennsylvania has also remained steadfastly behind the president, while Beshear in red-state Kentucky said it was \u201cflattering\u201d to hear his name as a potential candidate but that he prefers Biden to be more transparent about his health going forward. <\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1694456\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1694456\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Democrats are being overlooked as potential replacements for President Joe Biden, with Democratic governors being seen as more likely successors. Despite several Senate Democrats having run for president in the past, it is the governors who are receiving more attention in light of calls for Biden to withdraw from the race. Governors have a better track record of becoming presidents compared to senators, as they have executive-level experience and can bring different parts of the country together. While some senators with presidential campaign experience have been mentioned as potential replacements, they may not be interested in taking on the challenge. The governors who have been floated as potential successors have also expressed their support for Biden and are not currently interested in running for president<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2289057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/senate-democrats-passed-over-replace-biden.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33900,5638,5894,33619,32076],"class_list":["post-2289056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden-replacements","tag-governors","tag-politics","tag-senate-democrats","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/senate-democrats-passed-over-replace-biden.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2289056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2289057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2289056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2289056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2289056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}