Leaked Email Reveals Full List of Potential Running Mates Vetted by Clinton Campaign

The CEO of Coca-Cola, a controversial ex-Attorney General, and yes, Bernie Sanders: all were considered to be potential vice presidential candidates by the Hillary Clinton campaign, according to a recently released hacked email.

In March, as Clinton’s nomination became more inevitable, senior staffers put their heads together and came up with a list of thirty-nine names to present to Clinton. Campaign chairman John Podesta organized the names into “rough food groups” for Clinton to digest:

Hispanics:

• Congressman Javier Becerra
• HUD Secretary Julian Castro
• Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
• Labor Secretary Tom Perez
• Interior Secretary Ken Salazar

Women:

• Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin
• New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
• Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar
• Missouri Senator Claire McKaskill
• New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen
• Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow
• Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren

Generic White Guys:

• Colorado Senator Michael Bennet
• Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown
• New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich
• Virginia Senator Tim Kaine (the eventual choice)
• Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe
• Connecticut Governor Chris Murphy
• Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack

Black Guys:

• Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin
• New Jersey Senator Cory Booker
• Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum
• Former Attorney General Eric Holder
• Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick
• Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed
• Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx

Military Men:

• Retired General John Allen
• Retired Admiral Bill McRaven (misspelled by Podesta as “McCraven”)
• Retired Admiral Mike Mullen

CEOS and Billionaires:

• General Motors CEO Mary Barra
• Former New York City Mayor and Bloomberg CEO Michael Bloomberg
• Xerox CEO Ursula Burns
• Apple CEO Tim Cook
• Microsoft founder Bill Gates
• His wife Melinda Gates
• Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent
• President of the Rockefeller Foundation Judith Rodin
• Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz

Bernie Sanders:

• Bernie Sanders

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