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Ever since President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential campaign for the Democratic ticket nomination and Vice President Kamala Harris stepped into a campaigning role, the question on everyone’s lips has been, who will be her Vice President? Many leading Democratic figureheads have thrown their names into the hat for the race to be her campaign partner. Some of the leading names have been Arizona Senator, Mark Kelly, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and, up until recently, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper. Cooper now announces he is withdrawing his name from the list of potential candidates, expressing that now is not the time for him to be on a national ticket. This statement came on Monday evening at a press conference held by the Governor.

In his statement, Cooper also announced his complete support of Vice President Harris.

Cooper also expressed his support in whomever Harris ultimately selects to be her Vice President candidate. He called her list of candidates “an outstanding list of people.” Furthermore, he called on grassroots movement, dubbed, “White Dudes for Harris” to continue their support of Harris. He called on them to use the power they hold to get Harris into office.

This was not the first time Cooper has expressed his support for Harris. After she announced her official campaign, he endorsed her. On July 21^st, he took to social media to endorse her, stating that he has known her since they both held state Attorney General titles. He expressed his beliefs in her ability to defeat former President Donald Trump easily and that she would proceed to be what the United States needs as a leader.

Harris could potentially be announced as the official Democratic candidate and naming her running mate within the next week.

The Democratic National Convention is set to begin on August 19^th. This is when the official candidate was originally expected to be announced; however, there is a chance that the DNC will hold a virtual roll call vote that earns Kamala Harris the spot. If the DNC delegates vote in a majority in her favor, she will be the official candidate for the Democratic party going into the November 2024 election as soon as this Thursday.