Shapiro could help Har­ris win Penn­syl­va­nia but hurt her else­where

Shapiro could help Harris win Pennsylvania but hurt her elsewhere

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 …