Could Mark Kelly replace Biden as Democratic nominee?

PHOENIX — About a week before President Joe Biden announced that he would not seek reelection, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly’s name was thrown out as a potential replacement as the Democratic nominee. 

Bluelabs Analytics interviewed over 15,000 voters across seven battleground states to “test whether different options for the Democratic nominee would increase or decrease vote share.”

The results showed Kelly was one of the top candidates to beat Trump, polling 5 points above Biden in battleground states. 

“And while three of our top performers have home states within the battleground, all of them performed well in other states as well,” the research said. 

The other candidates were Maryland Governor Wes Moore, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. 

Kelly has endorsed Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. 

“I couldn’t be more confident that Vice President Kamala Harris is the right person to defeat Donald Trump and lead our country into the future,” Kelly said on X. “She has my support for the nomination, and Gabby and I will do everything we can to elect her President of the United States.”

Comments on the X post suggest some want to see Kelly as a running mate. 

Biden has been the presumptive nominee for months after easily winning almost every primary election in a mostly uncontested race. But he was never officially nominated since that process happens in August. 

Vice President Kamala Harris was endorsed by Biden as his replacement, but she isn’t guaranteed to be the Democratic presidential nominee. That’s because party rules allow the Democratic Party to pick another candidate. 

The presidential nominee is decided by delegates at the Democratic National Convention. Delegates are assigned to vote for a candidate based on the results of 

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