Gov. Josh Shapiro (D‑PA) has emerged as a top contender to be Vice President Kamala Harris‘s 2024 running mate, and while he might offer her a leg up in his home state of Pennsylvania, he might cost her with progressive Democrat voters in other areas.
Alongside Sen. Mark Kelly (D‑AZ) and Gov. Roy Cooper (D‑NC), Shapiro stands out among the short list of other potential veep picks based solely on what they offer the Democratic ticket in critical battleground states.
Shapiro, widely viewed as a centrist Democrat in the …