Democrats are cautiously optimistic that they finally have the first female president

Eight years after Trump beat Hillary Clinton, Harris could be the first female president and the first Black woman to hold the nation’s top job, as well. “You have one woman nominee for president who loses and everyone says, ‘Oh, I don’t know, can a woman win?’” said Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., who is running for governor. I was looking for somebody who — and I think this should be the primary consideration — could immediately be president. “People always demand balance,” Reynolds said, looking back to President Barack Obama’s pick of Biden as his running mate. But Biden was also a white man on a ticket with what would be the first Black president.