Vice presidential candidates, 2024
Date: November 5, 2024  |
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This page provides a list of Democratic and Republican officials and public figures considered potential candidates for vice president in the 2024 presidential election. The list does not include individuals currently running for president.
The following noteworthy candidates were announced for vice president:
- Tim Walz (D), governor of Minnesota, is running as Kamala Harris' (D) vice president
- J.D. Vance (R), U.S. senator from Ohio, is running as Donald Trump's (R) vice president
- Butch Ware (G), a professor and activist, is running as Jill Stein's (G) vice president
- Mike ter Maat (L), economics professor, is running as Chase Oliver's (L) vice president
In the 2020 presidential election, the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and Green presidential candidates had all chosen their running mates by August 11, 2020, and in 2016 these presidential candidates had selected their running mates by August 1, 2016.
Timeline of events
The section below provides a timeline of noteworthy vice presidential candidate announcements in the 2024 presidential election.
- August 16, 2024: Jill Stein selected professor and activist Butch Ware (G) as her running mate.[1]
- August 6, 2024: Vice President Kamala Harris (D) selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) as her running mate.[2]
- July 15, 2024: Former President Donald Trump (R) selected U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his running mate.[3]
- May 26, 2024: Libertarian Party delegates nominated Mike ter Maat (L) as their party's vice presidential nominee at the Libertarian National Convention.
- March 26, 2024: Environmental lawyer and author Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) selected patent lawyer and entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan (I) as his running mate.[4]
- April 25, 2023: President Joe Biden (D) announced his re-election campaign, and also announced Vice President Kamala Harris (D) would be his running mate.
Potential Democratic vice presidential candidates
After Joe Biden's (D) July 2024 withdrawal
As of July 30, 2024, the following candidates had been mentioned in media reports as possible vice presidential candidates. Also included is whether the individual said he or she does not plan on seeking the vice presidential nomination.
- Andy Beshear (D), governor of Kentucky[5]
- Pete Buttigieg (D), U.S. Secretary of Transportation[6]
- Roy Cooper (D), governor of North Carolina (Declined to run)[5][7]
- Mark Kelly (D), U.S. senator from Arizona[5]
- Wes Moore (D), governor of Maryland[6]
- Gavin Newsom (D), governor of California[6]
- J.B. Pritzker (D), governor of Illinois[5]
- Gina Raimondo (D), U.S. Secretary of Commerce[8]
- Josh Shapiro (D), governor of Pennsylvania[5]
- Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota[9]
- Raphael Warnock (D), U.S. senator from Georgia[10]
- Gretchen Whitmer (D), governor of Michigan (Declined to run)[5][11]
Before Joe Biden's (D) July 2024 withdrawal
- Kamala Harris, incumbent vice president
- Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Transportation Secretary[12]
- Tammy Duckworth, U.S. senator from Illinois[13]
- Gavin Newsom, governor of California[12]
- Lauren Underwood, U.S. representative from Illinois[13]
- Raphael Warnock, U.S. senator from Georgia[13]
- Gretchen Whitmer, governor of Michigan[13]
Potential Republican vice presidential candidates
- Greg Abbott, governor of Texas[14]
- Marsha Blackburn, U.S. senator from Tennessee[15]
- Katie Britt, U.S. senator from Alabama[16]
- Doug Burgum, governor of North Dakota and former 2024 presidential candidate[16]
- Ben Carson, former secretary of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development[16]
- Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida and former 2024 presidential candidate[17]
- Byron Donalds, U.S. representative from Florida[18]
- Tucker Carlson, former Fox News anchor[19]
- Tulsi Gabbard, former U.S. representative from Hawaii and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate[17]
- Marjorie Taylor Greene, U.S. representative from Georgia[20]
- Kari Lake, 2022 Arizona gubernatorial candidate[21]
- Nancy Mace, U.S. representative from South Carolina[18]
- Kristi Noem, governor of South Dakota[22]
- Mike Pompeo, former secretary of state[19]
- Vivek Ramaswamy, former 2024 presidential candidate[23]
- Kim Reynolds, governor of Iowa[15]
- Marco Rubio, U.S. senator from Florida[24]
- Tim Scott, U.S. senator from South Carolina and former 2024 presidential candidate[25]
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders, governor of Arkansas[15]
- Elise Stefanik, U.S. representative from New York[26]
- J.D. Vance, U.S. senator from Ohio[25]
- Glenn Youngkin, governor of Virginia[16]
How vice presidential candidates are selected
Prior to the ratification of the Twelfth Amendment in 1804, the runner-up in the presidential election became vice president of the United States. The Twelfth Amendment required ballots to be cast separately for the offices of president and vice president.[27]
Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, vice presidential candidates were typically chosen by the party to balance a ticket either geographically or ideologically. In 1960, for example, John F. Kennedy (D), a northerner, chose Lyndon B. Johnson (D) from Texas to be his running mate. Elaine Kamarck, the founding director of the Center for Effective Public Management, said this framework began to shift in 1992 for a partnership model. Recent presidents "have chosen running mates for their ability to help them be partners in the ever more complex governing process," Kamarck said.[28]
Changes to the primary process in the 20th century also adjusted the purpose of the national convention, with most presidential nominees securing the nomination prior to the event. The last multi-ballot Democratic national convention took place in 1952.[28] Conventions were no longer a forum for debate and negotiation around the selection of the vice presidential candidate. For this reason, nearly every Democratic and Republican vice presidential nominee since 1984 has been announced prior to the national convention.[29]
Democratic and Republican delegates still vote to approve the vice presidential nominee at their conventions, but do so through acclamation rather than a roll call vote.[30][31][32] Green and Libertarian delegates vote on a vice presidential candidate at their conventions. At the 2020 Libertarian National Convention, for example, the vice presidential vote went to a third ballot.
Democratic, Republican, Green, and Libertarian vice presidential nominees, 2016-2024
| Democratic, Republican, Green, and Libertarian vice presidential nominees, 2016-2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election year | Party | Name | Previous office or occupation | Announcement date |
| 2024 | Democratic Party | Tim Walz | Governor of Minnesota | August 6, 2024 |
| 2024 | Republican Party | J.D. Vance | U.S. senator from Ohio | July 15, 2024 |
| 2024 | Green Party | Butch Ware | History professor | August 16, 2024 |
| 2024 | Libertarian Party | Mike ter Maat | Economics professor | May 26, 2024 |
| 2020 | Democratic Party | Kamala Harris | U.S. senator from California | August 11, 2020 |
| 2020 | Republican Party | Mike Pence | Incumbent vice president and governor of Indiana | November 7, 2018 |
| 2020 | Green Party | Angela Nicole Walker | Veteran and labor activist | May 5, 2020 |
| 2020 | Libertarian Party | Spike Cohen | Entrepreneur and podcaster | May 24, 2020 |
| 2016 | Democratic Party | Tim Kaine | U.S. senator from Virginia | July 22, 2016 |
| 2016 | Republican Party | Mike Pence | Governor of Indiana | July 15, 2016 |
| 2016 | Green Party | Ajamu Baraka | Human rights advocate | August 1, 2016 |
| 2016 | Libertarian Party | Bill Weld | Former governor of Massachusetts | May 29, 2016 |
Democratic and Republican vice presidential nominees, 1900-2024
| Democratic and Republican vice presidential nominees, 1900-2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Democratic vice presidential nominee | Republican vice presidential nominee | Winner |
| 1900 | Adlai Stevenson | Theodore Roosevelt | Roosevelt |
| 1904 | Henry Davis | Charles Fairbanks | Fairbanks |
| 1908 | John Kern | James Sherman | Sherman |
| 1912 | Thomas Marshall | James Sherman | Marshall |
| 1916 | Thomas Marshall | Charles Fairbanks | Marshall |
| 1920 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Calvin Coolidge | Coolidge |
| 1924 | Charles Bryan | Charles Dawes | Dawes |
| 1928 | Joseph Robinson | Charles Curtis | Curtis |
| 1932 | John Garner | Charles Curtis | Garner |
| 1936 | John Garner | Frank Knox | Garner |
| 1940 | Henry Wallace | Charles McNary | Wallace |
| 1944 | Harry Truman | John Bricker | Truman |
| 1948 | Alben Barkley | Earl Warren | Barkley |
| 1952 | John Sparkman | Richard Nixon | Nixon |
| 1956 | Estes Kefauver | Richard Nixon | Nixon |
| 1960 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. | Johnson |
| 1964 | Hubert Humphrey | William Miller | Humphrey |
| 1968 | Edmund Muskie | Spiro Agnew | Agnew |
| 1972 | Sargent Shriver | Spiro Agnew | Agnew |
| 1976 | Walter Mondale | Bob Dole | Mondale |
| 1980 | Walter Mondale | George H.W. Bush | Bush |
| 1984 | Geraldine Ferraro | George H.W. Bush | Bush |
| 1988 | Lloyd Bentsen | Dan Quayle | Quayle |
| 1992 | Al Gore | Dan Quayle | Gore |
| 1996 | Al Gore | Jack Kemp | Gore |
| 2000 | Joe Lieberman | Dick Cheney | Cheney |
| 2004 | John Edwards | Dick Cheney | Cheney |
| 2008 | Joe Biden | Sarah Palin | Biden |
| 2012 | Joe Biden | Paul Ryan | Biden |
| 2016 | Tim Kaine | Mike Pence | Pence |
| 2020 | Kamala Harris | Mike Pence | Harris |
| 2024 | Tim Walz | J.D. Vance | Vance |
See also
Use the dropdown menu below to navigate Ballotpedia's historical coverage of vice presidential candidates.
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC 3340, "Dr. Jill Stein announces Butch Ware as VP running mate," August 16, 2024
- ↑ X, "Harris on August 6, 2024," accessed Augut 6, 2024
- ↑ Truth Social, "Trump on July 15, 2024," accessed July 15, 2024
- ↑ Twitter, "Kennedy on March 26, 2024," accessed March 26, 2024
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Axios, "Who could be Kamala Harris' vice presidential pick," July 21, 2024
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Politico, "9 possible running mates Kamala Harris could pick," July 21, 2024
- ↑ The New York Times, "Roy Cooper Withdraws From Harris’s Vice-Presidential Field," July 29, 2024
- ↑ CBS News, "Kamala Harris vetting about a dozen possible VP candidates," July 24, 2024
- ↑ The New York Times, "One Word Has Elevated Minnesota’s Governor to the Democrats’ V.P. Wish List," July 29, 2024
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Who could replace Harris as the next vice presidential candidate? Meet her potential choices," July 21, 2024
- ↑ Fox 4 News, "Gretchen Whitmer not interested in running for Vice President: 'I'm not leaving Michigan,'" July 22, 2024
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 The Conversation, "Why Biden might drop his vice president (and reasons why he shouldn’t)," March 2, 2023
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Intelligencer, "The Case for Biden to Drop Kamala Harris," September 13, 2023
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "Donald Trump says Greg Abbott is 'absolutely' on vice president short list," February 29, 2024
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 ABC News, "Noem? Reynolds? A very early look at the Republican 'veepstakes,'" July 1, 2023
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Politico, "The GOP Is Already Clashing Over Trump’s VP Pick," January 18, 2024
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Politico, "Trump says long VP shortlist includes Tim Scott, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy," February 20, 2024
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Newsweek, "Trump Floats Potential Vice President Picks," July 31, 2023
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Politico, "Opinion | Who Donald Trump Should — and Shouldn’t — Pick for Vice President," January 19, 2024
- ↑ The Hill, "Six women who could disrupt the 2024 presidential race," September 22, 2023
- ↑ USA Today, "Is the first GOP debate an audition for Donald Trump's running mate? Here's who he could pick," August 22, 2023
- ↑ The New York Times, "Race to Be Trump’s Running Mate Begins as Noem Endorses Him," September 8, 2023
- ↑ Associated Press, "With Trump closing in on nomination, the effective audition to become his vice president is underway," January 22, 2024
- ↑ NBC News, "Trump eyes Sen. Marco Rubio as a potential VP pick," March 20, 2024
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 NBC News, "Sen. Tim Scott rises to the top of Trump's 'veepstakes,'" February 12, 2024
- ↑ Roll Call, "One of these five people will (probably) be Trump’s running mate," September 21, 2023
- ↑ Constitution Center, "The Twelfth Amendment," accessed July 22, 2020
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Brookings Institution, "Picking the vice president," July 7, 2020
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Why Biden Probably Won’t Announce His Running Mate For Months," April 29, 2020
- ↑ Boston Globe, "Democrats quickly nominate Tim Kaine for vice president," July 27, 2016
- ↑ CBS News, "Biden Hails Obama, Slams McCain," August 27, 2008
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Republicans Have Nominated Mike Pence For Vice President," July 19, 2016
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