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Coverage dated September 17, 2025

Harris says Buttigieg was her 'first choice' for 2024 running mate but the pairing was too risky

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In an excerpt of former Vice President Kamala Harris's new book, she says she would have picked Pete Buttigieg as her running mate last year but America wasn’t ready for the pairing. In an excerpt of “107 Days” published Wednesday in The Atlantic, Harris calls former President Joe Biden’s transporta…

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  1. WDIO Duluth

    Harris says Buttigieg was her 'first choice' for 2024 running mate but the pairing was too risky (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    In an excerpt of former Vice President Kamala Harris's new book, she says she would have picked Pete Buttigieg as her running mate last year but America wasn’t ready for the pairing. In an excerpt of “107 Days” published Wednesday in The Atlantic, Harris calls former President Joe Biden’s transporta…

  2. Breitbart News

    Kamala Harris: Buttigieg Was 'First Choice' for Running Mate, but Too Risky Because He's Gay (opens Breitbart News)

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    Kamala Harris revealed that Pete Buttigieg was her "first choice" to be her running mate, but picking a gay man would be "too big of a risk."

  3. The Atlantic

    The Running Mate Kamala Harris Didn’t Dare Choose (opens The Atlantic)

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    “I love Pete,” she writes in her new book. But picking a gay man would have been too risky.

  4. The Columbian

    Kamala Harris wanted to pick Pete Buttigieg as vice president candidate (opens The Columbian)

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    Kamala Harris wanted to pick Pete Buttigieg as her 2024 vice presidential candidate but decided against it because she believed it was too risky to choose a gay candidate, according to a new excerpt f

  5. Legal Insurrection

    Harris: 'Too Big of a Risk' to Pick Buttigieg as Running Mate Because He's Gay (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    “But we were already asking a lot of America: to accept a woman, a Black woman, a Black woman married to a Jewish man."

  6. Townhall

    Kamala Harris Was About to Choose Pete Buttigieg As Her Running Mate. Here's Why She Didn't. (opens Townhall)

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    Kamala Harris reveals why she didn't choose Pete Buttigieg as her 2024 running mate.

  7. The Hill

    Harris says Buttigieg ‘first choice’ for VP in 2024 but proved ‘too risky’ (opens The Hill)

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    Former Vice President Kamala Harris reveals in her book "107 Days" that Pete Buttigieg was her “first choice” for a running mate in her 2024 presidential run, but he would have proved "too risky."

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