New York Times Names Raimondo as an Emerging Leader of the Democrats

New York Times Names Raimondo as an Emerging Leader of the Democrats

A feature in the New York Times published on Tuesday taps Gina Raimondo as one of the emerging high-profile Democrats poised to take over the party.

The article identifies a number of Governors, Senators, and two Cabinet Secretaries who are emerging as the next group to lead the Democrats. 

“Questions about who will lead the party, and in what direction, will be hotly debated as officials explore what went wrong and forge plans to oppose the next Trump administration. Jockeying has already begun, and not all ambition may be rewarded,” reports the Times.

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Raimondo, the former Governor of Rhode Island, is presently the Secretary of Commerce under President Joe Biden.

It is highly unlikely she will remain under Trump's administration.

 

The Times writes:

Pete Buttigieg, Mr. Biden’s transportation secretary, and Gina Raimondo, the commerce secretary, are longtime favorites of Democratic donors, and they both spent a lot of time — in their “personal capacity,” of course — stumping for Mr. Biden and then for Ms. Harris.

Mr. Buttigieg remains one of the party’s most gifted communicators, particularly on television, where he was often dispatched to explain its policies and positions on Fox News, an assignment many fellow Democrats declined.

Ms. Raimondo, a former Rhode Island governor, was seen as a rising star in the Biden cabinet, but she is far better known in Washington circles and by donors than among the party’s base.