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Jon Lieber, Eurasia Group’s head of research and managing director for the firm’s coverage of United States political and policy developments, shares his perspective on US politics from Washington, DC.

The most likely successor is Vice President Kamala Harris, who’s the first African-American and first female vice president in US history. But she’s not much more popular than Biden is, which leaves him with a number of untested options of sitting governors, including California Governor Gavin Newsom, who did not perform that well in a debate against Ron DeSantis late last year, and has the baggage of being a very liberal governor of the most liberal state. And Gretchen Whitmer from Michigan, who has low name recognition among the public but is considered a moderate Democrat in a swing state who can appeal to moderate voters. There’s probably other governors that would be in contention, like Governor Pritzker from Chicago, Jared Polis from Colorado, Andy Beshear from Kentucky.

But they also face the challenge of not being very nationally known, not having great fundraising networks, and never having done the grueling challenge of running for president of the United States.

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