As US President Joe Biden enters a crucial period to save his candidacy, the governors of Michigan and California, Gretchen Whitmer and Gavin Newsom, are gaining more and more supporters. According to FT, leading donors to the Democratic Party have nominated Whitmer and Newsom as their preferred candidates instead of Biden in the fight for the White House, UNN reports.
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The first election debate of 2024 between Donald Trump and Joe Biden did not go well for the current US president. Almost 46 percent of registered Democratic voters believe that Biden should not run. Although the White House insists that Biden will not drop out of the race, according to The Financial Times, leading Democratic financial donors remain concerned about Biden's health.
Moreover, it is about the nomination of Gretchen Whitmer and Gavin Newsom as preferred candidates to replace Joe Biden in the fight for the White House against Donald Trump. This was reported to the FT by several people familiar with the matter.
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Gretchen Witmer
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, 52 years old.
She has taken a number of progressive measures in her state, including increasing tax breaks for low-income families, protecting the rights of the LGBTIQ community, and introducing some gun control measures.
Gavin Newsom
California Governor Gavin Newsom was quick to defend Biden after the debate and rejected calls for him to drop out of the election.
Although Newsom is determined to ignore speculation that he could replace Biden, his name is often mentioned in this context.
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Newsom has a business background and was the mayor of San Francisco before being elected governor of California, the most populous and wealthy state in the United States.
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Vice President Kamala Harris is also among the candidates who, according to donors, could replace Biden. This was discussed during the organizers' talks with each other as they prepared to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to finance a new candidate.
Kamala Harris made history in 2020 by becoming the first woman and the first person of color to serve as vice president of the United States. But she failed to fulfill the task that was set before her at the beginning of Biden's presidency: to stop the influx of immigrants. And this is what Trump is using against her, Deutsche Welle writes.
Since 2023, Harris has been strengthening his profile as a representative of reproductive rights, even becoming the first vice president in history to visit an abortion clinic.
An Ipsos poll this week showed Harris trailing Trump by just one percentage point (42% to 43%).