Vice-president has support from key figures, including Biden, but there are notable absentees from the list
: Frequently tipped as a possible alternative to Biden in recent weeks, the California governor has backed Harris, saying “no one is better to prosecute the case against Donald Trump’s dark vision and guide our country in a healthier direction than America’s vice-president”.: Biden’s transport secretary who ran for the Democratic nomination for 2020, said: “Kamala Harris is now the right person to take up the torch, defeat, and succeed Joe Biden as president.
The vice-president has also secured support from the Democratic governors of Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Washington., who have all paid tribute to Biden’s decision and political career without yet venturing on who they would like to see take his role.
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