{"id":39402,"date":"2024-08-05T09:36:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T13:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=39402"},"modified":"2024-08-05T09:54:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T13:54:02","slug":"cronkite-news-kamala-harris-set-to-pick-vice-presidential-running-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/08\/05\/cronkite-news-kamala-harris-set-to-pick-vice-presidential-running-mate\/","title":{"rendered":"Cronkite News: Kamala Harris set to pick vice presidential running mate"},"content":{"rendered":" <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/08\/05\/cronkite-news-kamala-harris-set-to-pick-vice-presidential-running-mate\/markkelly-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39403\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1415\" data-attachment-id=\"39403\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/08\/05\/cronkite-news-kamala-harris-set-to-pick-vice-presidential-running-mate\/markkelly-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/05\/markkelly.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1415\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Mark Kelly\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mark Kelly&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona). Photo by Meg Potter \/ Cronkite News&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/05\/markkelly.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/05\/markkelly.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Kelly\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-39403\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. Is one of the top contenders in the Democratic veepstakes in 2024. File photo by Meg Potter\/Cronkite News<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Mark Kelly VP: What would Arizona senator, in office just four years, bring to the Kamala Harris ticket if she taps him for vice president?<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"date\">Monday, August 5, 2024<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Grey Gartin, Benjamin Adelberg and Aoife Kane<\/div>\r\n<DIV class=source>Cronkite News<\/DIV>\r\n<DIV class=source-website><A \r\nhref=\"https:\/\/cronkitenews.azpbs.org\/\">cronkitenews.azpbs.org<\/A><\/DIV>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C. &#8212; Of the contenders Vice President Kamala Harris is vetting as a possible running mate, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly is the only one who\u2019s been to space, traveling over 20 million miles for NASA.<P><\/P>\r\nBut does he have the right stuff to join the Democratic ticket?<P><\/P>\r\n\u201cThis is not about me,\u201d he told reporters at the Capitol on Wednesday. \u201cThis is about the future of this country.\u201d<P><\/P>\r\n \r\nKelly is a newcomer to politics, elected less than four years ago. He lacks the executive experience of the governors on Harris\u2019 short list. But he has a far more moderate image than Harris, and other attributes that also could <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/harris-balances-critical-factors-lightning-speed-vp-choice\/story?id=112165952\">balance the ticket<\/a>.<P><\/P>\r\nHarris would be the first woman and only the second person of color to become president.<br \/>\r\nMost of the options on her list are white men.<P><\/P>\r\nRep. Ruben Gallego, D-Phoenix, who is running for U.S. Senate to replace Independent Kyrsten Sinema, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mkraju\/status\/1816154893809324113\">told CNN<\/a> that Kelly would represent exactly the sort of \u201cjolt\u201d Harris needs.<P><\/P>\r\nKelly endorsed Harris on July 21, roughly two hours after President Joe Biden announced he was dropping his reelection bid and endorsing his vice president. Kelly called her the \u201cright person to defeat Donald Trump.\u201d<P><\/P>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I couldn\u2019t be more confident that Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KamalaHarris<\/a> is the right person to defeat Donald Trump and lead our country into the future. She has my support for the nomination, and Gabby and I will do everything we can to elect her President of the United States. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>&mdash; Captain Mark Kelly (@CaptMarkKelly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaptMarkKelly\/status\/1815116346491084878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nBiden and Harris carried Arizona by just over 10,000 votes in 2020. Trump has led in recent polls and has been pulling further ahead in a state that Democrats can ill afford to lose.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nKelly won his own 2020 contest by about 80,000 votes, defeating appointed GOP Sen. Martha McSally. In 2022, he beat challenger Blake Masters \u2013 a Trump acolyte like the newly minted GOP nominee for vice president, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance \u2013 by about 125,000 votes.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n\u201cThe path through the White House runs through Arizona, and we are confident that with Kamala Harris and Mark Kelly at the top of the ticket, Democrats will win in November,\u201d Arizona Democratic Party Chair Yolanda Bejarano said, announcing the endorsement of Kelly by the state party\u2019s executive board. \u201cSenator Kelly is exactly the type of leader Arizonans want, and America needs.\u201d\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nDemocrats hope to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/07\/24\/kamala-harris-swing-states-test-2024-trump\">shore up support for Harris in the Sun Belt<\/a>, and Kelly\u2019s success in Arizona gives strategists comfort that he would be an asset, not only in his home state, but perhaps in neighboring Nevada, too. They see his military roots playing well in Georgia. He grew up in New Jersey and also has called Texas home.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nGallego called the Harris-Kelly combination \u201cthe best ticket.\u201d\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Ruben Gallego, running for Senate in Arizona, pushes for fellow Arizonan Mark Kelly to be Kamala Harris&#39; running mate, saying it would give a &quot;jolt&quot; to ticket.<br><br>&quot;He&#39;s a border state senator .. is an astronaut, married to Gabby Giffords. It&#39;s all kind of a good combination.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FC8OomgAri\">pic.twitter.com\/FC8OomgAri<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1816215470334153154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cHe\u2019s a border state senator, understands border issues, is an astronaut, married to Gabby Giffords. It\u2019s all a good combination right there,\u201d he told CNN.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nKelly is 60 \u2013 eight months older than Harris, who is 59. Both are a generation younger than Trump and a generation older than Vance.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe\u2019s a former astronaut and Navy combat pilot \u2013 a credential that could appeal to veterans, a demographic the Biden campaign started targeting in early July.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nKelly was more bipartisan than all but 23 other senators in 2023, according to rankings by the Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe has worked closely with Sinema and Joe Manchin of West Virginia \u2013 both former Democrats \u2013 taking the moderate lane and showing bipartisanship, particularly on less controversial issues like infrastructure and energy.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe centrist ties cut both ways, potentially hurting Kelly\u2019s prospects among progressives in Harris\u2019 base while also giving her a chance to broaden her appeal in November.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nKelly\u2019s fundraising acumen could be an asset in what is shaping up to be the most expensive election cycle ever.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHarris raised $100 million in the first 48 hours since she announced her candidacy. Kelly raised nearly that much in his 2020 campaign, an impressive sum for a Senate contest.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nNBC News and other outlets have reported that Harris\u2019 campaign team has requested vetting materials from five potential running mates.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nApart from Kelly, the list includes three swing state governors \u2013 Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan \u2013 and Tim Walz of Minnesota, which has been solidly Democratic for decades in presidential contests.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/08\/05\/cronkite-news-kamala-harris-set-to-pick-vice-presidential-running-mate\/markkellyjamescitapeshlakaigabbygiffords\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39411\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-attachment-id=\"39411\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/08\/05\/cronkite-news-kamala-harris-set-to-pick-vice-presidential-running-mate\/markkellyjamescitapeshlakaigabbygiffords\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/05\/markkellyjamescitapeshlakaigabbygiffords.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Mark Kelly, Jamescita Peshlakai and Gabby Giffords\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mark Kelly, Jamescita Peshlakai and Gabby Giffords&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;From left:  Gabby Giffords, Jamescita Peshlakai and Mark Kelly are seen in a March 8, 2019, post on social media. Peshlakai (Navajo), served as campaign treasurer for Kelly&amp;#8217;s successful U.S. Senate campaign. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/x.com\/CaptMarkKelly\/status\/1104065334472916992&gt;CaptMarkKelly&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/05\/markkellyjamescitapeshlakaigabbygiffords.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/05\/markkellyjamescitapeshlakaigabbygiffords.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Kelly, Jamescita Peshlakai and Gabby Giffords\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-39411\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">From left:  Gabby Giffords, Jamescita Peshlakai and Mark Kelly are seen in a March 8, 2019, post on social media. Peshlakai, a citizen of the Navajo Nation and former state lawmaker in Arizona, served as campaign treasurer for Kelly&#8217;s successful U.S. Senate campaign. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/x.com\/CaptMarkKelly\/status\/1104065334472916992>CaptMarkKelly<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Border<\/div>\r\nOne key vulnerability for Harris is border security. Republicans have castigated her as a failed \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7001817\/kamala-harris-immigration\/\">border czar<\/a>\u201d \u2013 though her actual assignment from Biden was to work with Central American countries to reduce their outmigration.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nEither way, it\u2019s an area where Kelly could help politically.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe helped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billtrack50.com\/legislatordetail\/25229\">craft six bills<\/a> to support the Border Patrol. He touts legislative efforts aimed at protecting Americans and curbing illegal immigration \u2013 at times bucking his party.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/senate-bill\/1444\">supported measures<\/a> to boost pay for agents and address staffing shortages. He backed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/senate-bill\/206\">End Fentanyl Act<\/a>, which became law in March, to tighten border inspections and block fentanyl from entering the country.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cI\u2019ve been strong on border security and I\u2019ve stood up to Democrats when they\u2019re wrong on this issue \u2026 including the president,\u201d Kelly said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?522999-1\/arizona-us-senate-debate\">2022 Senate debate<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nBut Harris is unpopular with the Border Patrol Union and nothing will change that, the union\u2019s national vice president, Arturo Del Cueto, told Cronkite News by phone.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nKelly brings foreign relations chops that some governors lack.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLast week, he was in Mexico with other federal lawmakers and met with President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, discussing immigration, economic growth and security.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cWe continue strengthening the historic relationship between both of our nations,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kelly.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/kelly-visits-mexico-to-deepen-arizona-mexico-ties-meet-with-key-mexican-officials-ahead-of-presidential-transfer-of-power\/\">he said afterward<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Banning bump stocks is common sense. They make semi-automatic guns even deadlier, and as a gun owner and someone who knows personally the damage a gun can do, I will always support efforts to protect Americans from the most dangerous weapons and devices.<\/p>&mdash; Senator Mark Kelly (@SenMarkKelly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMarkKelly\/status\/1803177435006939498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><P><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guns<\/div>\r\nKelly\u2019s wife, Gabby Giffords, then a member of the U.S. House, was shot in the head in 2011 during a gun control event in Tucson. They founded a group now known as Giffords, which is devoted to reducing gun violence.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIt\u2019s a delicate subject politically, and Kelly \u2013 unlike Harris \u2013 is not seen as a gun-grabber by conservatives.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe\u2019s a <a hrefe=https:\/\/www.kelly.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/kelly-colleagues-introduce-legislation-to-save-lives-help-reduce-gun-violence-in-america\/>gun owner<\/a> but also an outspoken advocate of curbs on access to certain firearms.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Unions<\/div>\r\nHarris received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/business-news\/kamala-harris-labor-unions-support-presidential-election-2024-rcna163194\">numerous union endorsements<\/a> in the brief time since Biden passed the torch.<P><\/P>\r\nKelly isn\u2019t entirely popular with unions. In the veepstakes, that would weigh against him in a party where organized labor is a major constituency.<P><\/P>\r\nUnions have criticized the senator for resisting the <a href=\"https:\/\/congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/842\/text\">Protecting the Right to Organize Act<\/a>. He cited concerns about a loophole that could be used to target independent contractors.<P><\/P>\r\nKelly defended his record on unions on Wednesday at the Capitol.<P><\/P>\r\n\u201cI see the value of unions, and I come from a union family\u2026 I&#8217;ve always supported the PRO Act,\u201d he said.<P><\/P>\r\nIsrael Torres, who manages a Tempe consulting and law firm that specializes in union matters, said Kelly worked closely with UA Local 469 \u2013 a union for plumbers, pipefitters and HVAC technicians \u2013 with regard to the implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.<P><\/P>\r\nHe\u2019s been especially supportive of ensuring parental leave, Torres said.<P><\/P>\r\n\u201cHe understands the middle class and how workforce development is super important to them,\u201d Torres said. \u201cTo not only have these jobs, but to provide for their families.\u201d<P><\/P><div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div><p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Israel-Palestine Conflict<\/div>\r\nThe Israel-Hamas conflict has caused some rifts within the Democratic Party.<P><\/P>\r\nKelly has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kelly.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/sen-kelly-statement-on-continued-u-s-support-for-israel\/\">supported aid for Israel<\/a>. But as the conflict has gone on and the death toll in Gaza has escalated, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/sen-mark-kelly-conditions-aid-israel-appropriate-civilian-death-toll-g-rcna150718\">has shifted left<\/a> \u2013 adding his voice to calls for conditioning aid on more restraint by Israeli forces.<P><\/P>\r\n\u201cWe never want to see innocent women, children, old people getting killed. That has happened at a pretty high rate here,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/sen-mark-kelly-conditions-aid-israel-appropriate-civilian-death-toll-g-rcna150718\">Kelly said<\/a> on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; in early May.<P><\/P>\r\nKelly, unlike Harris and some other Democrats, attended Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/d4P3r7oBcLY?si=j4_Z515JI1Q5jX-L\">address to Congress<\/a> on Wednesday.<P><\/P>\r\nAccording to Track AIPAC, a website that keeps track of donations to politicians from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Kelly has received nearly $500,000 from the group since he began his career in politics.<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">What happens in Arizona if he becomes vice president?<\/div>\r\nIf Harris picks Kelly and they win, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs would name his replacement until 2026 when a special election would take place to fill the remaining two years of his term.<P><\/P>\r\nThat scenario has sparked fear among Democrats.<P><\/P>\r\n\u201cIf we take Sen. Kelly, there\u2019s a high chance a Republican could replace him,\u201d said Markus Ceniceros of Avondale, one of the Arizona Democratic delegates who\u2019ll ratify the nominations.<P><\/P>\r\nBut others in the veepstakes also come from swing states where a vacancy would cause complications.<P><\/P>\r\n\u201cThere has to be a very cautioned approach to picking a high profile senator or governor,\u201d Ceniceros said.<P><\/P>\r\n<STRONG>For more stories from Cronkite News, visit <A href=\"https:\/\/cronkitenews.azpbs.org\/?utm_source=referral&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=client\">cronkitenews.azpbs.org<\/A>.<\/STRONG>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<HR><EM>Note: This story originally <a href=\"https:\/\/cronkitenews.azpbs.org\/2024\/07\/24\/mark-kelly-vp-vetting-arizona-kamala-harris-campaign\/\">appeared on Cronkite News<\/a>.  It  is published via a <A href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\">Creative  Commons license<\/A>. 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