Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) on Monday said he would consider being Vice President Harris’s running mate if asked.
“Obviously, if somebody asked, I’d take a serious look at it, but my phone hasn’t rung yet,” Polis told CNN’s Dana Bash, responding to a question about whether he would accept an offer to be Harris’s running mate.
“Look, if they, if they do the polling and it turns out that they need a 49-year-old, balding, gay Jew from Boulder, Colo., they got my number,” quipped Polis, who in 2018 became the first openly gay man elected as governor in the U.S.
Polis joined a chorus of Democratic governors supporting Harris on Sunday following President Biden’s bombshell decision to drop out of the race. “I am thrilled to support Vice President Harris — Kamala has a vision of hope and future we all can believe in,” Polis said in a statement.
Harris still needs to win the support of enough delegates heading into next month’s Democratic National Convention to become the official nominee, but as the current vice president and Biden’s preferred successor, she is the clear front-runner.
Speculation continues over who Harris will select as her running mate if she secures the nomination, with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D), California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) among the names floated.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Monday shut down rumors that she might consider being Harris’s running mate, telling reporters she is “not planning on going anywhere.”