{"id":2488131,"date":"2025-09-18T11:25:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-was-harriss-first-choice-for-2024-running-mate\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T11:26:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:26:52","slug":"buttigieg-was-harriss-first-choice-for-2024-running-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-was-harriss-first-choice-for-2024-running-mate\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttigieg was Harris&#8217;s first choice for 2024 running mate"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fbuttigieg-was-harriss-first-choice-for-2024-running-mate%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=2488131&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 article discusses an excerpt from Kamala Harris&#8217;s upcoming memoir, *107 Days*, revealing that Harris would have chosen Pete Buttigieg as her running mate for the 2024 presidential election if she were not &#8220;a Black woman married to a Jewish man.&#8221; Harris suggests that the Democratic Party and voters might not have supported a ticket featuring both a Black woman and a gay man, making it to risky politically. Buttigieg, the former Transportation Secretary, and Harris share a close friendship, but she ultimately chose Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate.<\/p>\n<p>The memoir sheds light on behind-the-scenes challenges Harris faced during her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/explosive-new-book-bidens-inner-circle-was-preparing-a-politically-untenable-move-if-he-won-re-election\/\" title=\"Explosive New Book: Biden&#039;s Inner Circle Was Preparing a &#039;Politically Untenable&#039; Move if He Won Re...Election\">short-lived 2024 campaign<\/a>, including a lack of support from President Joe Biden&#8217;s team and the need to present younger candidates to reflect generational change. The article notes Harris&#8217;s reflections on the political calculations involved in selecting a running mate and hints that her memoir could be a precursor to a possible 2028 presidential run. Harris is scheduled to tour for her book&#8217;s release, with stops in the U.S., England, and Canada. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/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\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/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\"><\/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\/\"><\/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\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Buttigieg was Harris&rsquo;s first choice for 2024 running mate &mdash; if she was not a &lsquo;black woman married to a Jewish man&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2229562\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a> revealed in an excerpt of her upcoming book that she would have chosen former Transportation Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-buttigieg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pete Buttigieg<\/a> as her 2024 running mate if she were not a &ldquo;black woman married to a Jewish man.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s comments suggest Democratic voters wouldn&rsquo;t want to support a presidential ticket featuring a black woman and a gay man.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3812323\/california-oregon-washington-hawaii-rfk-vaccine-guidelines\/\">Blue states defy RFK Jr on vaccine policy with their own guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3811838\/gavin-newsom-trump-drama-democracy-rhetoric\/\">Newsom dials the rhetoric back up: &#8216;We&#8217;ll lose this democracy&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3811223\/former-secret-service-agent-ex-cia-officer-launch-democratic-bids-mitch-mcconnell-senate-seat\/\">Former Secret Service agent and ex-CIA officer launch Democratic bids for McConnell&#8217;s Senate seat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Buttigieg &ldquo;would have been an ideal partner&mdash;if I were a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-rogan-warns-woke-mob-will-make-it-so-straight-white-men-wont-be-allowed-to-talk-go-outside\/\" title=\"Joe Rogan Warns: Woke Mob Will Make It So \u2018Straight White Men\u2019 Won\u2019t Be \u2018Allowed To Talk,\u2019 \u2018Go Outside\u2019\">straight white man<\/a>,&rdquo; she wrote. &ldquo;But we were already asking a lot of America: to accept a woman, a Black woman, a Black woman married to a Jewish man. Part of me wanted to say, Screw it, let&rsquo;s just do it. But knowing what was at stake, it was too big of a risk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I think Pete also knew that&mdash;to our mutual sadness,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s political memoir, <em>107 Days<\/em>, set for release on Sept. 23, is said to shed light on behind-the-scenes moments during her <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >short-lived presidential campaign<\/a>. The latest excerpt was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2025\/09\/kamala-harris-running-mate-pete-buttigieg\/684249\/?gift=J_CNpt7Ar1nKEXqJWVh1ulvCY8iJlOGBwd3hCmkelTk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published by the <em>Atlantic<\/em><\/a>  on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Harris took up the Democratic Party&rsquo;s nomination last year after then-President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> unexpectedly dropped out of the race, leaving little time for his successor to appeal to voters. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2025\/09\/kamala-harris-107-days-excerpt\/684150\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previous excerpt<\/a>, also released by the <em>Atlantic<\/em>, she revealed how Biden&rsquo;s White House team had little confidence in her public skills, making her 2024 run all the more challenging.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anger-lack-of-leadership-and-unpopularity-plague-the-democratic-party\/\" title=\"Anger, lack of leadership, and unpopularity plague the ...\">huge comms team<\/a>; they had Karine Jean-Pierre briefing in the pressroom every day,&rdquo; she wrote. &ldquo;But getting anything positive said about my work or any defense against untrue attacks was almost impossible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg was floated as a possible running mate, citing his young age as a reason. Concerned about Biden&rsquo;s deteriorating mental health at the time, the Democratic Party wanted to go with younger candidates who could fit its message about generational change. Harris is 60, and Buttigieg is 43.<\/p>\n<p>In her book, the former Democratic nominee said she was aware that she was about to &ldquo;cause the same sudden swerve in someone else&rsquo;s life&rdquo; after reflecting on the time she was selected as Biden&rsquo;s running mate in 2020. The passage suggests she didn&rsquo;t want to do that to Buttigieg, with whom she and her Jewish husband Doug Emhoff were close.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I love Pete,&rdquo; she wrote. &ldquo;I love working with Pete. He and his husband, Chasten, are friends.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris instead settled for Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN), 61, as her running mate. The two ultimately lost to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JD Vance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Walz is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3809246\/tim-walz-seek-third-term-governor-minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seeking reelection<\/a> for a third term as Minnesota governor next year, while Buttigieg is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3404057\/pete-buttigieg-democratic-messaging-lays-2028-groundwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weighing<\/a> a possible 2028 presidential campaign. Harris may also seek the top spot in the White House again after&nbsp;announcing&nbsp;in July that she would not run for California governor in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3800280\/harris-tense-relationship-biden-team-new-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HARRIS DEPICTS TENSE RELATIONSHIP WITH BIDEN TEAM IN NEW BOOK: &lsquo;HIS TEAM DIDN&rsquo;T GET IT&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While she hasn&rsquo;t confirmed a 2028 bid, her new book may be seen as a stepping stone toward a possible campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Harris is scheduled to visit 15 cities for her book tour, starting in New York City the day after the book&rsquo;s release next week. Most of Harris&rsquo;s tour stops are in the United States, but there will also be one stop each in England and Canada this fall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buttigieg was Harris&#8217;s top 2024 pick if not a &#8216;Black woman married to a Jewish man<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2488132,"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\/2025\/09\/AP25261098804304.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32431,4943,4021,35736,32439],"class_list":["post-2488131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-2024-election","tag-buttigieg","tag-harris","tag-political-endorsements","tag-running-mate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25261098804304.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488131","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\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2488131"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2488135,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488131\/revisions\/2488135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2488132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2488131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2488131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2488131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}