{"645376":{"#nid":"645376","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Who Would Kamala Harris Pick as VP if She Runs in 2024?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERichard Barke, associate professor in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in the article \u0026quot;Who Would Kamala Harris Pick as VP if She Runs in 2024?\u0026quot; published March 10, 2021 in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENational Interest\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe article\u0026nbsp;explores the question of Harris\u0026#39; potential running mate should Joe Biden decide to step aside and his vice president runs for president. Barke zeroed in on Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) as a solid possibility, given Ryan\u0026#39;s \u0026quot;Midwestern blue-collar\u0026quot; bona fides.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother potential contender could be Rep.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/tag\/tim-ryan\u0022\u003ETim Ryan\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(D-Ohio), who ran for president in 2020 where he emphasized the significance of focusing on working-class voters. Ryan is also\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.rollcall.com\/2021\/02\/01\/ohio-senate-democrat-tim-ryan-portman-retirement\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ereportedly\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;running for GOP Sen. Rob Portman\u0026rsquo;s vacant seat next year, a race that will likely boost his national name recognition considering Democrats have razor-thin margins in both congressional chambers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;[Ryan] is generally seen as a centrist who could appeal to the Midwestern blue-collar electorate. Anything can happen in the next three years, as we have seen, but Ryan might be the kind of Democrat that could balance the Harris ticket,\u0026rdquo; Barke said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/feature\/who-would-kamala-harris-pick-vp-if-she-runs-2024-179838\u0022\u003EFull article.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35266","created_gmt":"2021-03-15 18:24:42","changed_gmt":"2021-03-15 18:24:42","author":"ifrazer3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"plate tectonics","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/feature\/who-would-kamala-harris-pick-vp-if-she-runs-2024-179838","dateline":{"date":"2021-03-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-03-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"634884":{"id":"634884","type":"image","title":"Richard Barke","body":null,"created":"1588253372","gmt_created":"2020-04-30 13:29:32","changed":"1588253372","gmt_changed":"2020-04-30 13:29:32","alt":"","file":{"fid":"241610","name":"R. Barke.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/R.%20Barke.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/R.%20Barke.png","mime":"image\/png","size":413730,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/R.%20Barke.png?itok=3-PEDnWK"}}},"media_ids":["634884"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"167078","name":"School of Public Policy"},{"id":"1616","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}