Kelly and Shapiro lead Harris’s VP contenders who received vetting materials

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Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) are reported as the two leading candidates to be Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate.

Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee for president on Monday, setting off the race for her running mate. Sources familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal that the major figures who were sent running mate vetting materials were Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Govs. Roy Cooper (D-NC), Josh Shapiro (D-PA), Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI), Tim Walz (D-MN), and J.B. Pritzker (D-IL).

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