Nicole Shanahan is an Oakland native and ex-wife of Google founder Sergey Brin.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. introduces Nicole Shanahan as his running mate at the Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, March 26, 2024. OAKLAND — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. brought his longshot bid for the White House to the Bay Area on Tuesday and named Oakland native and Silicon Valley lawyer Nicole Shanahan as his running mate for his independent presidential campaign.
Kennedy praised Shanahan as an ally for voters who are disappointed with today’s political leaders and welcomed her to a campaign that polls show could have a major impact on stripping crucial votes from President Biden and former President Trump.of recent polls in five battleground states showed Kennedy polling with 12.3% of the vote behind Trump’s 40.7% and Biden’s 35.3%.
Kennedy campaign spokesperson Stefanie Spear said the vice presidential announcement allows Kennedy to begin collecting signatures in 20 states that require a vice presidential candidate to qualify the ticket for the ballot. They have been gathering signatures in 16 states. “Our campaign is a spoiler, I agree, a spoiler for President Biden and President Trump,” Kennedy said, arguing that voters are hungry for an alternative to choosing between “two tired heads of the uni-party.”
“This city will always have a special place in my heart,” Shanahan said. Though she’d been a longtime Democrat and party donor, she said she became disillusioned with a party she said has “lost its way” and become beholden to corporate interests. A friend persuaded her to listen to Kennedy, and she said he won her over.
“I’m excited about her,” said Ratsep, who voted for Marianne Williamson in the 2020 Democratic primaries and said Shanahan struck her as “very honest.” “I think her youth will be a good thing.”
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