Joe Biden has announced that he will endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to become the Democratic nominee in November’s presidential election, a replacement that seems natural but not automatic.

The following is a presentation of the names heard for this position.

Kamala Harris

She appears as the most obvious choice, and Joe Biden has offered her his support: the vice president Kamala Harriswho was already going to succeed the president in case of death or inability to perform his duties, it is in a very good position to be selected by the Democrats.

A trailblazer on many issues, the daughter of a Jamaican and an Indian mother, she was the first woman and the first black woman to become California’s attorney general and then the first South Asian senator.

Since her career as a judge, maintains a reputation for rigor which he could project in a campaign where crime issues carry a lot of weight.

Some progressives accuse her, however, of imposing harsh sentences for minor offenses, which mostly affected minorities.

The 59-year-old vice president it also has low popularitywhich may prompt Democrats to rally around another candidate.

Gavin Newsom

No rule provides that a co-candidate in a presidential election automatically replaces the person who bears the title of candidate. This is also why the name of the governor of California, Gavin Newsomprior to the announcement of Biden’s retirement, he insisted.

The 56-year-old Democrat, a former mayor of San Francisco, has been in charge for five years of the country’s most populous state, a haven for abortion rights.

Newsom may have continued to support Joe Biden in recent weeks, though his presidential aspirations remain a relative mystery.

Lately the governor of California has multiplied foreign travelhas been releasing commercials every so often praising his record while pouring millions of dollars into a political action committee, fueling speculation of a run in 2028. Or is it 2024?

Gretchen Whitmer

Another possible Democratic candidate is governor Gretchen Whitmer.

The 52-year-old leads Michigan, which has a strong working-class population as well as significant black and Arab communities — voters that Joe Biden is currently struggling to attract.

Fierce opponent of Donald Trumpbecame famous when she was the target of a kidnapping plot by a far-right paramilitary organization.

The state of Michigan will be one of the most ambiguous for the November presidential election: a strong argument, according to her supporters, to be named the party’s candidate.

Josh Shapiro

At 51, the governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro he heads the largest “swind state,” a swing state that will play a decisive role in November.

Before being elected to the post in 2022, narrowly defeating his radical right-wing opponent backed by Donald Trump, he was twice elected attorney general of Pennsylvania.

From that position, he denounced the sexual assaults committed by Catholic priests against thousands of children and prosecuted the pharmaceutical company Purdue, which makes the powerful opioid OxyContin.

A very good orator and a convinced centrist, Josh Shapiro’s government motto is “Get shit done”.

The names of the governors of Illinois, J. B. Pritzkerof Maryland, Wes Moore and Kentucky, Andy Beshear are also circulating, but their chances appear limited for now.

Like those of the senator Amy Klobuchar or the Minister of Transport Pete Buttige — both candidates in the 2020 presidential election.