Stacey Abrams, the former Democratic nominee for Georgia governor, said Tuesday she is open to becoming the running mate for “any” of the roughly two dozen White House candidates vying to take on President Donald Trump in 2020.
“I would be honored to be considered by any nominee,” she said in an interview with The New York Times.
Abrams announced Tuesday she would not enter the crowded Democratic presidential primary, and would instead focus her efforts in the year-and-a-half before Election Day on combating voter suppression and boosting participation in the 2020 census.
“I’ve just come to the decision that my best value add, the strongest contribution I can give to this primary, would be to make sure our nominee is coming into an environment where there’s strong voter protections in place,” Abrams told the Times, adding that she has “been pleased with the direction of the field.”
The former state lawmaker, whose gubernatorial campaign and narrow defeat by Republican Brian Kemp in 2018 attracted significant attention from national media and Democratic Party officials, has been the subject of speculation that she might be an appealing running mate for the 2020 Democratic nominee.
Prior to former Vice President Joe Biden’s official entrance into the White House race in April, media reports indicated his tentative campaign was considering offering Abrams the role of his running mate. But she dismissed those rumors, citing ongoing deliberations to mount her own presidential bid.
Abrams said in April she would not run for Senate in 2020, despite efforts by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other national Democrats to recruit her in the race to oust Republican incumbent David Perdue.
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