While 79-year-old President Biden insists he’s running for a second term, most others aren’t so sure, leading to speculation about would be on the Democratic ticket in 2024. One person that’s been increasingly discussed among Democratic insiders is Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg,

If Vice President Kamala Harris doesn’t get out of the way, however, others have suggested they could be running mates instead of rivals.

A primary campaign between Harris and Buttigieg could pit two key Democratic constituencies against each other: African Americans, particularly African American women, and LGBTQ voters. The impact of that fight would be even worse if it began in 2023 and took over the second half of Biden’s current term.