MPR News with Angela Davis

President Biden withdraws from the 2024 race

Election 2024 Biden Drops Out
Vice President Kamala Harris embraces President Joe Biden after a speech on healthcare in Raleigh, N.C., March. 26, 2024. President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, July 21, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election.
Matt Kelley | AP

Three weeks after the first debate of the 2024 presidential campaign, President Joe Biden decided to step down from his bid for reelection and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.

MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about what’s next in the 2024 presidential election and the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Chicago next month.

Guests:

  • Clay Masters is a senior political reporter for MPR News. Clay will cover the Democratic National Convention which begins on August 19th in Chicago.

  • Michael Minta is a professor and director of graduate studies in political science at the University of Minnesota. He is also the author of “No Longer Outsiders: Black and Latino Interest Group Advocacy on Capitol Hill.”

  • Cindy Rugeley is an associate professor and head of the political science program at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.

three people sitting in a broadcast studio
MPR News host Angela Davis (left) talks with Michael D. Minta (center), professor and director of graduate studies in political science at the University of Minnesota, and Clay Masters (right), senior political reporter for MPR News on Monday.
Nikhil Kumaran | MPR News

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