2024 Civic Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection
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Allen Paul, Mayor of Montgomery, 2020 vice presidential nominee, and 2024 presidential nominee reportedly selected his running mate for the 2024 Antillean presidential election sometime in early July following his victory in the presidential primaries. On July 15 during the first day of the 2024 Civic Democratic National Convention, Paul selected Sarah Wilson to be his running mate and the party's vice presidential nominee for the 2024 general election. The Paul–Wilson ticket will go on to face off against the Lawrence–Vargas ticket of the Federalist Party in the general election in November.
Wilson herself is the first woman as well as the first progressive, and the first Antillean Jew to be a major party candidate for the Vice President in Antillean history. If elected, she will be the first Antillean Jew, the first woman, and the first progressive to hold the office as well as the second Vice President from Cuba after Don Byrd.
Background
Multiple reporters and political analysts from various outlets have highlighted how the Civic Democratic nominee for Vice President will be determined primarily by whether or not Allen Paul or Alexander Wilder emerge as the Civic Democratic nominee for the 2024 general election. Both candidates represent the progressive and establishment liberal factions of the Civic Democratic Party who have been competing for influence over the party throughout the 2024 primary cycle due to both of candidates being the frontrunners in the race with both achieving the largest amount of support in the form of endorsements, media attention, endorsements, and percentages of the popular vote and conventions delegates. As a result of this, the vice presidential nominee is expected to be determined by which candidate wins and which party faction is able to secure the nomination.
During the primary season, rumors had emerged of Wilder choosing Wyatt Tindall, executive of Davis Parish and presidential candidate, to be his running mate due to both being part of the moderate faction of the Civic Democratic Party and holding similar political positions and ideological views, though both men denied this and Tindall withdrew on June 6, 2024, and endorsed Wilder days before the Hispaniola primary. While Paul has not stated who he would pick to be his running mate, it is executed that he would pick a fellow progressive to serve as his running mate, though he hasn't shot down picking a more moderate candidate similar to how moderate liberal William Abernathy picked Paul to serve as his running mate for the 2020 presidential election.
Vetting process and selection
Final selection
Media speculation on potential candidates
Several media outlets and political analysts have speculated on the possible selection process and nominee for vice president for the 2024 general election, depending on if Paul or Wilder end up winning. For Wilder, he has expressed openness to choosing a progressive candidate as his running mate if he wins as part of a united front against Arian Lawrence and the Federalists for the 2024 election similar to Abernathy picking progressive Allen Paul as his running mate for the 2020 election. While Paul has been speculated to pick a fellow progressive, but hasn't ruled out picking a moderate or more moderate by comparison candidate to serve as his running mate for the general election.
For possible running mates for Allen Paul, Representative Sarah Wilson and state governor Esteban Morello of Cuba and Kelly Parker of Hispaniola have been speculated as potential running mates for Paul given the commonality all have with Paul sharing many of his progressive political views and mutual support for the movement and its policies. Since late June of 2024, it has been widely speculated that Paul may choose a female running mate. Some party insiders that a historic ticket shared by a African Antillean and a woman would attract voters who wouldn't necessarily have voted.
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