Warren endorsed Clinton last week after she secured the number of votes needed to clinch the Democratic nomination, and both have expressed eagerness at working together if the former secretary of state becomes president.
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Hillary Clinton is considering U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren for her running mate for the Democratic presidential ticket, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing several people familiar with the process.
The Sanders and Clinton camps are now in discussions to help unify the party in advance of next month’s Democratic convention.
Sen. Warren’s political ideology is closely similar to Sen.
Clinton is the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for the November 8 presidential election, having won the last primary contest this week in the District of Columbia. Tim Kaine of Virginia, Sherrod Brown of OH and Cory Booker of New Jersey; Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and Reps. Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti, Housing and Urban Development secretary Julian Castro, and Reps.
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In an interview Tuesday with Telemundo, Clinton demurred about whether Sanders would be on the list of candidates she was considering for the role. Sanders wants the party’s platform to be more progressive and various changes to nominating rules. Sanders was not included among the individuals vetted by the Democratic Party for the vice presidential position. Xavier Becerra of California and Tim Ryan of OH, several Democrats said. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) as her running mate, but Sen. “There are a lot of really qualified, dynamic candidates, I’m sure, to be considered for vice president”.
