John Whitbeck, chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia, hailed the ruling, saying in a statement that McAuliffe’s decision amounted to “a blatant effort to stack the deck for Hillary Clinton in November”.
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Kaine has been among the handful of likely running-mate choices for Clinton for years, since she was seen as the likely nominee shortly after President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election.
Clinton called Kaine by phone around 7:30 p.m. Friday to offer him the job, and he accepted, according to a campaign aide.
Im thrilled to tell you this first, the text read. Kaine and Clinton took a test run during an appearance together in northern Virginia on July 14. Welcome him to my team.. Her campaign declined to confirm timing of the announcement.
But on the eve of the announcement she said it would “probably not” be her. To date, he has never lost an election.
The Virginia senator is a political veteran who has served at almost every level of government. She has repeatedly said the question of who would make a good president if required to step in was at the forefront of her search. She will campaign there in the run-up to next week’s Democratic convention in Philadelphia, where Clinton is expected to be formally nominated. She is among the least-liked major party candidates in decades, according to public opinion polls, behind only Trump.
Television interviewer Charlie Rose, speaking with Clinton recently, noted that some view Kaine as “boring”. “He’s engaging, he can draw you in with his understated presence”, said Elleithee. Clinton chose Virgina Sen.
Clinton has faced her own struggle unifying Democrats and winning over liberal backers of Democratic primary rival Bernie Sanders, a US senator from Vermont. He is also scheduled to be in MA on Saturday for another fundraiser.
On Thursday, liberal activists who backed Sen.
Kaine was in New England Friday afternoon attending a pair of fundraisers, one in Boston to benefit his Senate campaign account and another in Rhode Island on behalf of Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.).
Suderman reported from Richmond, Virginia.
She is expected to make several campaign stops in Florida on Friday. She began in Orlando, a city which is still reeling from a terror attack at a gay nightclub that left 49 people dead.
There was no mention of her VP pick, either, at an evening rally in Tampa. Democrats pounced on Pence as the most conservative vice-presidential pick in modern history, citing in particular his hardline stance against abortion and approval of a controversial religious freedom law previous year that protected businesses from denying services to LGBT individuals.
He has a broad range of governing experience, most importantly. Active in the Senate on foreign relations and military affairs, he built a reputation for working across the aisle as Virginia’s governor and as mayor of Richmond. In 2015, he joined Sen.
The presumptive Democratic nominee has been weighing whether she needs a more outspoken liberal on her ticket to satisfy the Bernie Sanders wing of the party.
Hispanic voters are critical to the future of Democrats across the country, including Texas.
Two Latinos who were passed over serve in President Obamas Cabinet, Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez and Housing Secretary Julián Castro.
“He has a great relationship with the Clintons”, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller told The Des Moines Register in June. Kaine also describes himself as a “strongly pro-Israel Democrat”.
If Clinton wins, Kaine could be an enormously valuable vice president.
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“Tim Kaine is one of the most impressive people I serve with in the Senate”, Booker said Friday night. Kaine was born in Saint Paul, Minn., and earned a law degree from Harvard Law School. As a Catholic, Kaine personally opposes abortion, although he’s voted to protect abortion rights. His father-in-law is also a former Virginia governor.
