Joe Donnelly was last in office in 2013-2019. Evan Bayh was 1999-2011.
And, as I noted in another thread yesterday, it’s absolutely routine for one or both parties to have their conventions after that Ohio ballot deadline; over the past six election cycles, both the Democrats and Republicans have only convened prior to the Ohio deadline twice each.
Every time, it’s apparently been routinely addressed by the Ohio legislature passing a bill to provide an exemption. This year, with that legislature being GOP-controlled, there was some legitimate concern that they might not grant the exemption, but they did so, as @flurb notes.
Mayor Pete changed his residence to Michigan a couple years ago.
I think the fact that Whitmer is super popular in Michigan means she can carry the state if she is the VP.
I heard recently that he and Chasten live in Traverse City.
Some people have wanted Katie Porter to at least run, but I’ve heard that she is a brute to work with.
I do like the idea of Mark Kelly being, well, someone’s running mate.
Wow, I’m a Michigander and had no idea. True.
Hoosier here. Yeah, you’ve heard of the Bayh family, right? Father Birch and then son Evan. Evan was senator not too long ago.
The article states that a VP provides a bump of 2 to 3% for their home state. That may swing states like Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Indiana’s come a long way since those days, unfortunately. Evan Bayh got crushed when he tried to reclaim his old Senate seat in 2016. There’s an open Senate seat this year that isn’t being seriously contested by Democrats.
I would prefer Jared Polis (yes, I boost him, I like him as my Governor) as a pick for a LGBQT VP candidate, because he’s a white male, and slightly less of a target. He might get a bit more crossover support, as he is absolutely on the conservative side of some issues as a “libertarian” leaning (prior to the RW takeover of the party) Democrat.
But he has plenty of baggage of his own, not only being openly gay (which is +/- zero for this comparison, but still), Jewish, and supportive of challenges to Omar based on his perceptions of her bias.
I’m not saying better or worse overall, but he’s the right age, the right gender and color to balance the ticket (I don’t WANT it to be an issue, but acknowledge it is) and has a shot of at least some techie/low tax but socially liberal sort. And Colorado is probably safely light blue enough to survive without him.
But no, I don’t think he’d bring anything special (like delivering a state, region, or “military”) to the ticket either. Still, he absolutely wouldn’t be a “more of the same” candidate either.
Yeah, gotta change this.
Yeah. More significant than I had remembered. And biggest if a sitting governor or Senator.
Someone mentioned that Ohio has a deadline before the convention. They have always voted to make it not a thing when a convention comes later but does anyone here think the republican controlled state won’t pull some shenanigans with this and say there is no dem on their ballot?
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, Kentucky governor, Andy Beshear, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro,Sherrod Brown (Ohio senator), Mark Kelly- all whom I listed- Okay, you say not Shapiro, that still leaves 4 good choices.
Not a drawback, since AZ is purple, but a rust belt or Southern dude would be a little better.
If Tina Kotek had a couple more years in as Governor of Oregon she might be a good pick for VP.
Brown is 71, so doesn’t meet @psychobunny ’s list.
Mark Kelly was born and raised in New Jersey, fwiw. Not that they need to flip NJ.
He’s also a twin!
Already answered (by me) a little while ago, in another thread. Short answer: actually, the Ohio Legislature has already passed a law giving the Democrats an exemption for this year, and yes, some Democrats are still wary of shenanigans regarding it.
I can only imagine the conspiracy theories if he’s VP.
If you go by my strict list, Sherrod Brown ( who I really like) and Cooper are too old, and Kelly doesn’t have executive experience. Kentucky is not a swing state and I personally don’t think that North Carolina is either. I think Shapiro could lose Michigan. I still think Kelly is my # 1.