Pete Buttigieg was former Vice President Kamala Harris' "first choice" for a running mate in her 2024 presidential bid, according to a new excerpt from her forthcoming book published in the The Atlantic.
Why it matters: Harris wrote in "107 Days" that she decided a ticket of a Black woman and a gay man would be "too big of a risk."
She ultimately picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) after public and private lobbying from Democrats who believed he would help court rural and midwestern vo