TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — With Joe Biden stepping down because the Democrats’ nominee for President, an Arizona Senator is getting plenty of mentions as a prospect for the Vice Presidential decide on the ticket.

Sen. Mark Kelly was already being floated as attainable alternative for Joe Biden because the Presidential nominee. Kelly has pledged his assist for Kamala Harris Sunday, however that also leaves him mentioned as a risk for the Vice President slot.

Kelly checks off plenty of packing containers that play properly in politics: He was a Navy Fight Pilot, and an astronaut. NASA makes a degree to pick and practice astronauts for downside fixing, coolness beneath strain and teamwork.

He has been a really profitable fundraiser on his technique to profitable a seat within the Senate from Arizona—a key swing state with a Republican custom that’s turn out to be extra prepared to elect Democrats.

Retired Senator Dennis DeConcini served Arizona within the Senate for 18 years. He says Kelly can be a sensible choice for President or Vice President.

“I feel he wouldn’t run towards Kamala Harris however he can do the job,” Sen. DeConcini stated. “I do know him fairly properly. He’d be a superb Vice President. He’s simply so certified and in a swing state, a troublesome state like Arizona would actually be a profit in my judgment.”

Senator DeConcini says in present politics it helps that Kelly doesn’t have a protracted historical past as a politician.

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As legal professional basic, Shapiro inherited an investigation into sexual abuse by members of the Roman Catholic Church. His workplace launched a report alleging greater than 1,000 youngsters have been molested by greater than 300 clergymen for the reason that Nineteen Forties.

Vance has a lot much less political expertise. Earlier than he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2022, he authored “Hillbilly Elegy” and served 4 years as a Marine. He additionally attended Yale Legislation and labored as an legal professional and as a enterprise capitalist.

Political strategist Samuel Chen of the Liddell Group mentioned final week that Shapiro’s brief political tenure could possibly be an issue, although much less pronounced than Vance’s.

“Shapiro’s resume is each a power and a legal responsibility in relation to the electoral facet of the problem,” he mentioned.

Chen, whose background consists of working for Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey and Republican Gov. Tom Corbett, added that whereas Shapiro has had moments within the nationwide highlight, he’s nonetheless not a family title. That’s a standing Vance achieved when “Hillbilly Elegy” turned a best-seller and the main focus of widespread information protection as many conservatives related with its themes.

And voters dismayed by conventional politicians is perhaps drawn to Vance’s lack of elected expertise, Chen mentioned.

Borick mentioned a shorter resume may even assist for the reason that longer a politician serves, the extra blemishes might come up.

As governor-elect, Shapiro acquired items from donors which have come beneath scrutiny. Chen cited courtside seats to the Philadelphia 76ers for example.

Shapiro’s marketing campaign referred to as it a “political assembly.”

If Shapiro have been to hitch Harris and win, this could not be the primary time a Pennsylvania governor left workplace to serve within the federal authorities.

Following the Sept. 11 assaults, Gov. Tom Ridge joined President George W. Bush’s administration as the primary secretary of Homeland Safety.

If elected, Shapiro would grow to be the highest-ranking Jewish politician in American historical past.

Chen mentioned that might assist carry within the votes of many Jewish individuals who felt disaffected by the Democratic celebration in relation to protests of the battle in Israel and Gaza.

If Shapiro have been to depart workplace earlier than his time period was up, Lt. Gov. Austin Davis would take the reins.

In line with Pennsylvania’s line of succession, Senate President Professional Tempore Kim Ward, a Republican from Westmoreland County, would grow to be lieutenant governor. That might be the primary time the state’s second in command was not of the identical celebration because the governor since Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson, took over the position following the demise of Catherine Baker Knoll in 2008.

Quickly after Biden tweeted that he wouldn’t settle for the Democratic Social gathering’s nomination for a second time period, Shapiro tweeted a tribute to the president.

“President Biden is a patriot who has served our nation honorably within the Senate, as Vice President, and as probably the most consequential presidents in trendy historical past,” the tweet reads, “President Biden has gotten an unbelievable quantity executed to maneuver our nation ahead, defend our democracy, and shield actual freedom. I’m proud to work by his facet and am grateful for his management and his unwavering dedication to delivering for Pennsylvania — the Commonwealth that raised him.”

Shapiro talked about nothing about his personal future.

When you’re not somebody who constantly stays within the loop on politics and elections, an election yr is usually a complicated time, particularly when you stay in Florida.

Many individuals may be questioning what precisely is the distinction between Florida’s presidential choice main, the precise main election and the final election. That’s an incredible query, however earlier than it is answered, it’s additionally essential to know that your voter registration is in good standing and that you simply’re registered with the fitting social gathering.

In Florida, July 22 is an enormous day as a result of it’s the final day voters can register and alter their social gathering for the upcoming main election on Aug. 20.

Whereas registering to vote is clearly essential, in Florida, registering with the fitting social gathering is an enormous deal, too, as a result of the state has closed primaries. This implies voters can solely vote for his or her social gathering candidates, and no social gathering affiliation (NPA) voters will not be eligible to vote for any partisan candidates until a common main contest occurs.

Right here’s what to know concerning the upcoming Florida main election and the best way to test your voter standing.

The right way to test when you’re registered to vote in Florida

Checking your voter registration standing in Florida is a simple course of. Right here’s the best way to do it:

• Go to the Division of State web site
• Enter your first and final title and your birthday
• Settle for the phrases of service by checking the choice that claims you “perceive and agree”
• Submit your data

After submitting your data, you’ll see a type that gives your voter registration data. On the backside, you’ll see your registration standing, which is able to say both lively or inactive.

Register to vote on-line or in individual

If it’s good to register, go to RegistertoVoteFlorida.gov to finish the registration on-line. You will want your Florida driver’s license or ID card, and the final 4 digits of your Social Safety quantity to register utterly on-line.

You may register in individual on the Supervisor of Elections workplace at 2990-1 Apalachee Pkwy or at any of the opposite authorities places of work listed beneath:

How do Florida main and basic elections work?

Florida is considered one of 12 states that use a closed main election course of. Which means that you could be solely vote for candidates of the social gathering you might be registered with. Unbiased voters, or nonpartisan voters, will not be capable of vote for partisan candidates throughout closed primaries.

Through the basic election, all registered voters, no matter social gathering affiliation, can vote for any candidate of their selecting.

Major election key dates

• Deadline to register to vote: July 22
• Early voting interval (obligatory interval): Aug. 10 – 18
• Deadline to request that poll be mailed: Aug. 8
• Election Day: Aug. 20

Basic election key dates

• Deadline to ship vote-by-mail ballots to voters: Sept. 21
• Deadline to ship vote-by-mail ballots to home voters: Sept. 26 – Oct. 3
• Deadline to register to vote: Oct. 7
• Early voting interval (obligatory interval): Oct. 26 – Nov. 2
• Deadline to request that poll be mailed: Oct. 24
• Election Day: Nov. 5

The right way to change your political social gathering

Altering your political social gathering is straightforward and does not require you to do any heavy lifting; you are able to do it from a pc, pill or smartphone with an web connection.

Simply head over to the On-line Voter Registration System and click on on the large “Register or Replace” button. You will be requested your purpose for utility. Simply choose the “file replace/change” choice and you’ll observe the steps to alter your social gathering affiliation.

When you do not wish to undergo the method on-line, you may submit a Florida Voter Registration Software to the Supervisor of Elections.

Study extra concerning the course of at www.leonvotes.gov.

Right now is the final day individuals can register to take part within the Aug. 20 major, and it’s not an election voters wish to miss.

Primaries usually see decrease voter turnout, however the major is simply as necessary as the overall election in the case of figuring out the longer term course of a county. A variety of native places of work are in control of vital areas of concern, equivalent to highway work, mentioned Bruce Anderson, the Dr. Sarah D. and L. Kirk McKay, Jr. endowed chair in American historical past, authorities, and civics at Florida Southern School. County commissioners make selections on improvement. 

“These are necessary races, to say nothing of the truth that for those who solely take into consideration nationwide politics and also you’re solely excited about the president you’re ignoring crucial races on the market: the Home races, as a result of the Home determines the funds,” Anderson mentioned. 

The first has an affect on all races, typically figuring out the end result outright. Right here’s a number of issues to find out about this 12 months’s major. 

What does the deadline imply, and the way can I join? 

Florida’s closes its voter registration 29 days earlier than an election, which, for the first, is at the moment. It’s additionally the final day to alter or replace your get together affiliation earlier than the first. 

There are quite a lot of methods to register to vote, however, with solely hours left, signing up on-line or in individual are the quickest methods to get into the system. 

To enroll on-line, go to registertovoteflorida.gov/residence. You may also go there to examine your registration standing. To register in individual, go to your county’s elections workplace or different certified businesses. 

When you’re registered you’ll be able to vote early, on Election Day on Aug. 20, or by mail. The final day to enroll to get a vote-by-mail poll delivered to you is Aug. 8. Voters can request poll in individual, by mail, fax, cellphone, e-mail or visiting their elections workplace web site. 

Go to lakevotes.com, sumterelections.org or votemarion.gov to get extra info.

Who can vote in August? 

Florida is a closed major state, so voters can solely vote for their very own get together’s nominees. It’s one purpose major turnout tends to be low, even in locations like Sumter County, which routinely sees a number of the highest turnout charges in Florida. 

In 2016, the final major in a presidential election 12 months earlier than the pandemic, the general turnout was solely 23.9%. Turnout in Sumter was solely 33.3%. 

“A variety of potential voters will not be that eager about politics, and so we do see a giant surge in turnout usually within the basic election of the presidential race, however major elections are usually fairly low turnout affairs,” mentioned Aubrey Jewett, political science professor on the College of Central Florida. “And that’s very true in a closed major state like Florida the place it’s ingrained in individuals’s heads that until you’re registered as a Republican or Democrat you’ll be able to’t take part within the major.” 

Nevertheless, the thought shouldn’t be completely right. Everybody can vote in nonpartisan races, equivalent to college board and judicial contests, in addition to common major contests. A common major contest happens when all candidates are from the identical get together and can face no opposition in November. 

What are a number of the massive races within the major? 

Florida’s Democrats and Republicans will decide which United States Senate candidates will go on the poll in November.  

There’s additionally two native Republican primaries for the U.S. Home native voters can take part in. Candidates in three Republican primaries are additionally jockeying for his or her get together’s nomination for the State Home. 

Lake, Marion and Sumter counties all have county fee primaries, a few of which might finally resolve who will win properly earlier than November arrives. Lake has one Republican fee major, Marion has two and Sumter has three. 

In Sumter County voters may even decide a brand new sheriff and college superintendent for the primary time since 1996. Sumter’s sheriff race is a closed Republican major, however everybody can vote within the superintendent race, which is a common major contest. For a full checklist of races within the tri-county space, go to your elections workplace web site.

GREEN BAY, Wis. — There may be no one extra highly effective within the Inexperienced Bay Packers’ group than the group president. But when Bob Harlan held that publish for 19 years and oversaw the franchise’s return to glory within the Nineteen Nineties, he by no means masqueraded as Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft or another rich NFL proprietor.

And he made certain nobody who labored at 1265 Lombardi Ave. did both.

“I all the time informed the folks on our workers: ‘Each time any person calls this group, keep in mind they personal the group, we do not,'” Harlan recalled not too long ago.

And there are 538,967 of them who may choose up the telephone at any time and dial 920-569-7500.

Whether or not it is Harlan from 1989 to 2008, Mark Murphy since January 28, 2008, or the not too long ago named Ed Coverage, who will take over in July 2025 after Murphy reaches the group president’s obligatory retirement age of 70, none of them will ever personal the Packers — despite the fact that the president primarily acts because the proprietor with regards to voting on NFL insurance policies.

Within the easiest of phrases, that is how the group within the smallest metropolis in American skilled sports activities operates as the one one with out a controlling proprietor.

The Packers’ articles of incorporation prohibit any single individual from proudly owning greater than 200,000 shares — safety in opposition to somebody making an attempt to manage the group.

Based on the Packers, there are some 5,204,625 shares of the group owned by the half-million-plus stockholders. The inventory pays no dividends and can’t be traded, due to this fact it has no market worth, although it may be transferred to a member of the family.

“There actually is not any mannequin for this aside from this,” stated Rick Chernick, a Inexperienced Bay enterprise proprietor who served on the Packers’ board of administrators from 1998 to 2022. “It isn’t just like the board dictates something day-to-day; they actually do not. The workers who report back to Mark and to the manager group, they’re those who do the lion’s share of the work. We’re identical to a sounding board and can hearken to what is going on on and make strategies and provides concepts.

“However it’s completely fascinating whenever you journey and also you say you are on the Packers’ board, folks say, ‘Who has a board?’ Baseball, basketball, hockey? None of them.”

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THOUGH THE SHAREHOLDERS elect the board members, both on the annual assembly held in July at Lambeau Subject or by proxy, it isn’t precisely an open election. This 12 months, for instance, there are two candidates for 2 seats. As well as, there is just one candidate to switch outgoing govt committee member Susan Finco, who has reached the obligatory retirement age. Considered one of Finco’s final acts was to chair the search committee to choose Murphy’s alternative.

Murphy performed a powerful position within the appointments, though there’s a committee of board members that implies potential candidates. The board is essentially composed of enterprise homeowners and neighborhood leaders, however some have ties to the Packers and/or skilled or faculty athletics.

The present board of 43 administrators consists of 4 former Packers gamers (LeRoy Butler, Johnnie Grey, George Koonce and Dexter McNabb), outstanding Wisconsin enterprise homeowners and even a county circuit court docket decide. From the board, seven — together with the group president — serve on the manager committee.

Previous board members embrace former Main League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig and former College of Wisconsin athletic director Pat Richter.

Board members obtain no monetary compensation. Nevertheless, the members of the manager committee sometimes journey to highway video games with the group and sit within the visiting homeowners field.

“It is a totally different form of board within the sense that it is actually a neighborhood board, it is made up of individuals from our state,” stated Richter, who served on the board from 1996 to 2011. “All people has a ardour for the Packers, and I feel that is the place it begins.

“Simply because folks have purchased groups or purchased into groups, the success of a group actually depends upon the kind of folks you’ve got working the group. They have been very lucky to deliver good folks in there, reliable folks. The board is absolutely like a check-and-balance system so to talk, which is sweet. In case you stated all these skilled groups had been publicly owned, that is the mannequin you’d find yourself with.”

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SINCE THE TEAM was conceived by Curly Lambeau and native newspaperman George Whitney Calhoun in 1919, there have been six inventory gross sales — 1923, 1935, 1950, 1997, 2011 and 2022.

The early gross sales had been needed simply to maintain the group in enterprise. The more moderen gross sales had been to enhance the group’s services, together with Lambeau Subject. Within the final sale, about 198,000 shares had been offered at $300 every for upgrades at Lambeau Subject, together with new videoboards and concourse enhancements.

Not one of the cash from inventory gross sales can be utilized to pay gamers, and all gross sales want league approval.

It was earlier than the 1997 sale when Harlan, for the one time throughout his presidency, stated he felt like an outsider among the many league’s different 31 homeowners. Harlan wished to promote shares for $200 every to assist assist the renovation of Lambeau Subject, a $295 million undertaking that was funded largely by a half-percent gross sales tax in Brown County. The inventory sale, which added 105,989 new shareholders, accounted for simply $24 million of that whole.

After Harlan’s presentation to a small group of homeowners and the NFL’s finance committee, he left the room for the group to debate.

“Apparently, one of many homeowners informed the group, ‘Let’s get these goddamn farmers and their frozen tundra out of this league,'” Harlan stated. “One other proprietor got here as much as me the subsequent morning and informed me what occurred. After three journeys to the finance committee, I lastly did get approval.

‘[Steelers owner] Dan Rooney stood up and stated to the group, ‘Inexperienced Bay is essential to this league. I feel we have got to provide Bob the complete assist or we’ll by no means get this achieved.’ And we ended up getting a unanimous vote on it. Aside from that one time, there was by no means a problem.”

Murphy, who oversaw two inventory gross sales, by no means felt any pushback.

“The latest one, [Cowboys owner] Jerry Jones got here as much as me and stated, ‘I would wish to study somewhat extra about this, it is a fairly whole lot,'” Murphy stated. “Now the league is promoting non-public fairness. That is a method for groups to get money out.”

Since then, the NFL has held inside discussions about permitting non-public fairness cash to be invested into groups. The Packers wouldn’t have the ability to take such cash, in accordance with Murphy.

Nevertheless, the group has a reserve fund that Murphy stated final month was valued at $537 million. Murphy, who served because the athletic director at Northwestern and Colgate earlier than he was employed to run the Packers, likened that to a college’s endowment.

“Or it is the cash a deep-pockets proprietor has,” he stated.

“From a soccer standpoint, each resolution we make is: Is that this going to assist us win?” Murphy added. “We do not have an proprietor that is seeking to make a revenue or promote. We’re laser-focused on profitable.”

If there are downsides from a enterprise standpoint, Murphy does not see any.

“Clearly numerous our [financial] success is as a result of success of the league,” Murphy stated. “However most groups are all profitable financially.”

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THE BOARD AND govt committee weren’t all the time as hands-off as they’re at present. Harlan made a big change after he took over as president in 1989 by distancing the manager committee from soccer choices.

Had that not occurred, he believes he would have by no means landed future Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame govt Ron Wolf as common supervisor in 1991. Wolf had turned down the job 4 years earlier, partially, in accordance with Harlan, as a result of he didn’t need to reply to soccer outsiders on the committee.

Up to now, members of the manager committee meddled in soccer affairs and choices. Crew historian Cliff Christl wrote in 2021 that “[Vince] Lombardi and the three earlier coaches who adopted Curly Lambeau had all been chosen by the manager committee.”

Interference continued after Lombardi’s departure in 1969, though Christl additionally wrote in 2018 that he “would not blame the manager committee any greater than the coaches or gamers for a way unhealthy issues received. On the identical time, that is the place I would begin as a result of the committee was 0-for-4 when it got here to hiring coaches.”

Harlan’s coverage was to rent soccer folks to make soccer choices. He employed Wolf in 1991. Wolf employed coach Mike Holmgren in 1992. And the Packers received Tremendous Bowl XXXI after the 1996 season.

“We needed to change the best way we did enterprise,” Harlan stated. “We needed to get everyone on the board and everyone on the manager committee to again off. So I went to the manager committee and informed them that we have now received to get the manager committee and the board of administrators to again off from being concerned in soccer choices. We endured 24 years of unhealthy soccer [after the Lombardi era], and luckily they did [agree to back off].”

Murphy continued that observe.

“If it wasn’t for Mark and his management and the way he runs issues, it most likely can be tough and there could possibly be some challenges,” present Packers GM Brian Gutekunst stated. “However due to him and the folks concerned, I feel it has been actually easy.”

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THE ONLY MAJOR distinction within the construction at present is that Murphy, when he employed Gutekunst as common supervisor in 2018, determined to have each the GM and the pinnacle coach report back to him. Up to now, the coach reported to the GM and the GM to the president.

Lately, the one duty Gutekunst has to the manager committee is to provide a soccer report at its month-to-month conferences. Entrance workplace sources from different groups have stated they envy Gutekunst for not having to reply to an proprietor.

“I feel there most likely is [envy],” Gutekunst stated. “I feel, simply, it is the power to have the persistence we’re doing issues the best method. However yeah, I feel there most likely is, and I do know there’s numerous pleasure in our group in how we go about issues in that reality as nicely.”

There’s purpose to assume that the manager committee and board of administrators will stay hands-off when Coverage turns into the eleventh president in group historical past a 12 months from now. Coverage, whose father, Carmen, served as president of each the 49ers and Browns, has been with the Packers since 2012 and has a full understanding of how the group features.

“The entire story of this group is sort of like fiction to me,” Harlan stated. “The best way it began, the best way folks stepped ahead continuously to save lots of the franchise each time it was in hassle by passing the hat and having inventory gross sales, I feel it could possibly work as a result of the individuals who have the inventory do respect the president. It is a distinctive scenario, however it does work very nicely, I feel.”

(The Heart Sq.) – President Joe Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris Sunday when he introduced he was ending his reelection bid.

However many citizens say former First Girl Michelle Obama can be their most well-liked candidate, in line with The Heart Sq. Voters’ Voice polling. And so they’ve mentioned so since November.

They are not alone. In late June, on the night of the notorious debate efficiency by Biden, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on his podcast forecast she would substitute the president because the get together’s nominee.

Biden made his announcement to social media websites X and Fb early Sunday afternoon. He is been beneath shut scrutiny since a June 27 debate towards former President Donald Trump

Michelle Obama has by no means mentioned she is excited about operating for the seat. However in November and January polls, when requested if they may wave a magic wand and decide their very own candidate, a plurality of voters selected the previous first girl over another candidate. Harris completed a distance seventh.

Within the ballot, performed with Noble Predictive Insights, 24% of Democrat-leaning doubtless voters would decide Michelle Obama. The previous first girl was adopted by Biden (20%), U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (12%), another person (9%), U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg (9%), former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (8%), Vice President Kamala Harris (7%), and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (5%).

Three different Democrats completed additional behind: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer received 4%, adopted by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (1%) and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (1%).

In a more moderen The Heart Sq. Voters’ Voice ballot, performed earlier this month, Democratic voters had been introduced with the same query. When given the selection of Biden or a slew of different prime Democrats, a plurality remained loyal to Biden – 34%. Harris and Obama, at 15% every, had been subsequent in line.

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Vice President Kamala Harris has spoken extensively about her function as “Momala” to her two stepchildren.

The 59-year-old vp, who was just lately endorsed because the 2024 democratic nominee by President Biden after he introduced his choice to drop out of the presidential race on July 21, married Doug Emhoff in 2014 and have become stepmother to his two kids, Cole and Ella Emhoff.

In 2019, she wrote an essay for Elle by which she detailed her love for Cole and Ella, describing them as her “limitless supply of affection and pure pleasure.”

“When Doug and I received married, Cole, Ella, and I agreed that we didn’t just like the time period ‘stepmom,'” she wrote on the time. “As a substitute, they got here up with the identify ‘Momala.'”

“I’m so grateful to Doug, to Kerstin (Doug’s ex-wife), and most of all, to Ella and Cole,” she wrote on the finish of the essay. “I can say one factor with certainty, my coronary heart wouldn’t be entire, nor my life full, with out them.”

Throughout a 2021 recorded video look for the Democratic Nationwide Conference, Ella described the VP as “Momala, the world’s biggest stepmom.”

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Doug was married to Kerstin Emhoff, a movie producer and founding father of the manufacturing firm Prettybird, for 16 years earlier than they divorced in 2008. Throughout their marriage, the couple welcomed their two kids, Cole and Ella.

When Harris and Doug Emhoff married, she gained two stepchildren.

In her 2019 e-book, “The Truths We Maintain,” Harris stated she and Emhoff waited for her to satisfy the kids till about two months after their first date, however once they did meet, the children “couldn’t have been extra welcoming.”

“They’re sensible, gifted, humorous youngsters who’ve grown to be exceptional adults,” she stated within the Elle essay. “I used to be already hooked on Doug, however I consider it was Cole and Ella who reeled me in.”

Right here’s all the things we find out about Harris’ stepchildren.

Cole Emhoff, 30

Cole Emhoff was born in 1994. In response to IMDB, he works in leisure like his mom.

In her Elle essay, Harris revealed that Cole was named after celebrated American jazz saxophonist John Coltrane.

Harris described in her piece how the household spends time collectively across the desk for Sunday dinners and that it is her stepson who “units the desk and picks the music.”

His IMDB profile exhibits that he labored as an assistant on the 2020 hit movie “Minari” and within the 2022 remake of “Father of the Bride,” additionally as an assistant.

Cole was current for the 59th presidential inauguration in January 2021, throughout which Harris was sworn in as vp.

In October 2023, Harris officiated Cole’s marriage ceremony to Greenley Littlejohn.

In an announcement to Folks on the time, Harris that being requested to officiate “meant a lot for thus many causes.”

“For us, we consider marriage as being not simply between these two folks, however the coming collectively of households. So it was very a lot with that spirit that all of us participated,” she stated.

“I like my husband. I like our marriage. I would like for these two (Cole and Greenley) to have a loving marriage the place they’re greatest mates and so they know that it’s not simply them in opposition to the world, that our household helps them. That the group of folks that got here collectively on the marriage ceremony helps (them).”

Ella Emhoff, 25

Ella is a mannequin and clothier who graduated from Parsons College of Design in New York Metropolis in Could 2021.

In her 2019 essay for Elle, Harris revealed that Ella was named after well-known American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.

In 2021, Ella gained consideration for the Miu Miu coat she wore to President Biden’s swearing-in ceremony.

In response to The New York Instances, one week later, she was signed to the celebrated modeling company IMG Fashions.

Harris wrote in Elle that her stepdaughter was on her faculty’s swim and basketball groups and loved making dessert for the household’s Sunday dinners.

In response to her essay, when Harris was sworn into the USA Senate, Ella entered her senior yr of highschool in Los Angeles, California.

“This new job meant that I might be splitting time between California and Washington, D.C., and the toughest half was going to be being away from my Ella,” she wrote on the time.

Incoming Utah State cornerback Andre Seldon Jr. died Saturday in an obvious cliff-diving accident at a reservoir about 20 miles from the varsity’s campus, the college mentioned in a press release.

Deputies have been known as to the Porcupine Reservoir at round 2:20 p.m. MT following reviews {that a} man dove from the cliffs into the water and did not resurface, the Cache County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in a information launch.

Search and rescue groups with divers then started looking for the person, the company’s launch mentioned, and his physique was discovered within the reservoir at 9:05 p.m. by the Utah Division of Public Security dive crew.

“Our preliminary investigation leads us to consider it is a tragic accident as a number of witnesses recount the identical data,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.

The college recognized the sufferer as Seldon, 22, who was becoming a member of the soccer crew this 12 months after two seasons at New Mexico State College and two on the College of Michigan.

“Our soccer program is heartbroken to need to endure the lack of certainly one of our personal,” mentioned Utah State interim Head Coach Nate Dreiling, who had joined this system after serving as New Mexico State’s defensive coordinator for 2 seasons.

Seldon, who performed all 15 New Mexico State video games in 2023, transferred into the soccer program over the summer season and was set to begin lessons this fall, in response to the college.

“Having had a earlier relationship with Andre throughout our time collectively at New Mexico State, I can inform you he was an unbelievable particular person and teammate,” Dreiling mentioned. “Our condolences and prayers exit to Andre’s household as we grieve with them over this great loss.”

Seldon is survived by his mother and father, Danielle Smith and Andre Seldon Sr.

“Utah State is working to make sure each Athletics employees and student-athletes have emotional and psychological assist as they course of and grieve,” college officers mentioned.

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