Political observers are beginning to start their betting on who will be Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick, should he win the Republican nomination. A lot of potential veep candidates are already in New Hampshire stumping for Trump.
Among those being mentioned as possibilities are former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, and Trump-era Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson. Sen. Tim Scott, who dropped out of the presidential race earlier and endorsed Trump, is also mentioned.
And then there’s the dream of Alaska Sen. Scott Kawasaki, who wrote that he dreamt that Gov. Mike Dunleavy of Alaska would be the vice presidential nominee. And he has a record for being correct.
“I had a dream in the early morning in ’08 that Governor @SarahPalinUSA was going to be selected as a VP. Probably because the radio was on in the background. I had a dream last night that @GovDunleavy was going to be selected as a VP candidate last night! #akleg,” wrote the state senator from Fairbanks on his X/Twitter account.
Dunleavy was an early supporter for Trump, endorsing his candidacy in August, and has been mentioned by many as a possible choice for leading the Department of Interior.
If that happens, then Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom would become governor and Torrence Saxe, commissioner of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, would become lieutenant governor; Dahlstrom would have to appoint a “third in succession.” If Dahlstrom wins her bid to become a member of Congress, Saxe would become governor and he would have to appoint the third in succession, while whomever Dahlstrom had appointed would become lieutenant governor.
If all of that seems like a 76-yard field goal, it probably is. Trump hinted on Saturday that whomever he picks will not be a big surprise to people. Dunleavy would be a big surprise to Americans, although he is one of the most popular governors in America.
When asked by Fox News’ Brett Baier about his thoughts for a vice presidential candidate, Trump said, ““I may or may not really [decide] something over the next couple of months. There’s no rush to that. It won’t have any impact at all. The person that I think I like is a very good person, a pretty standard. I think people won’t be that surprised, but I would say there’s probably a 25 percent chance that would be that person.”
