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President Joe Biden announced Sunday he would not seek
reelection and instead endorsed Vice President Harris to be the
Democratic Party's nominee.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Pritzker was one of six
possible candidates the Harris campaign reached out to this week
for the vice presidential spot. The others included Pennsylvania
Gov. Josh Shapiro, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, Michigan Gov.
Gretchen Whitmer, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and U.S. Sen. Mark
Kelly of Arizona.
Pritzker told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program that he wants to
continue to travel the country to campaign for the Democratic
Party in general.
“It is important to me that we win across the board and all
across the United States so I’m going to continue to do that and
I’m very interested in making sure that Kamala Harris becomes
the next president of the United States,” said Pritzker.
So far, Harris has not said anything publicly about who she is
considering, though Democrats have floated at least a dozen
names as potential candidates, including Pritzker, who endorsed
Harris along with other Illinois Democrats on Monday.
Political insiders believe that Harris will likely go with
someone from a key swing state. They include Kentucky Gov. Andy
Beshear, Shapiro, Kelly, Cooper and Whitmer. Whitmer told a
Michigan television station on Monday she doesn’t plan to leave
the state.
If Pritzker did indeed vacate the governor’s office in order to
serve as vice president, Lieutenant Gov. Juliana Stratton would
take over. The Attorney General and the Secretary of State are
next in the line of succession.
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