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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