If Vice President Kamala Harris is afraid that the Democratic Party will bypass her in any effort to replace President Joe Biden as the party’s presidential nominee, there is a path she can pursue to protect her political ambitions.

As calls for Biden to quit the race continue to grow, speculation is growing in earnest about who could replace him. And while the obvious replacement candidate is Harris, other names such as Govs. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI), and even former first lady Michelle Obama have been proposed as alternatives.