The planned presidential transition of Kamala Harris is the contingently planned presidential transition from the President of the United States Joe Biden to Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party's nominee for president in the 2024 United States presidential election, under the Presidential Transition Act of 2019, and the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022. Under current U.S. law, such a transition will only occur in the event Harris is elected president.
The transition would be a "friendly takeover", in which the outgoing president and the would-be incoming president are of the same political party.
Harris has become the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for president in July 2024, following the Biden withdrawal, and formally accepted the nomination the following August. Harris filed paperwork on August 19, 2024, to begin planning for a potential presidential transition.[1]
Harris's transition team is chaired by US Ambassador to ASEAN Yohannes Abraham,[2][3] which also chaired the successful Presidential transition of Joe Biden in 2020. Law firm Covington & Burling, which assisted Harris in vetting her vice presidential pick, will provide legal counsel to the transition organization.[4]
Timeline
editPre-election
edit- April 8, 2024: Harris becomes the presumptive nominee after Joe Biden withdraws and the majority of his delegates endorse Harris.[5]
- August 2024: Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz are nominated at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
- August 22, 2024: Initial transition team announced.[3]
- November 5, 2024: Election Day
Transition team
editStaff
edit- Yohannes Abraham, director of day-to-day operations, former staff of Presidential transition of Joe Biden, former staffer in the Obama White House.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Dovere, Edward-Isaac (2024-08-19). "Kamala Harris begins standard planning for presidential transition | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ "Harris transition team takes shape with a Biden official in key post". NBC News. 2024-08-23. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ a b Bravender, Robin (2024-08-22). "Harris' transition team takes shape". E&E News by POLITICO. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ "Presidential transition planning has begun in earnest, but Trump and Harris are already behind". AP News. 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "AP survey shows Kamala Harris backed by enough delegates to become Democratic nominee". AP News. 2024-07-22. Retrieved 2024-08-25.