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Kamala Harris filled two criteria that Joe Biden wanted in a running mate: she is a woman, and she is black, two critical Democratic constituencies ahead of the November elections.

Voters in at least two states will have the opportunity to vote for former pastor Mark Charles in November. On Au­gust 10, the independent presidential candidate—a dual citizen of the United States and the Navajo nation—announced via Twitter that he would be on the ballot in both Vermont and Colorado.

Former vice president Joe Biden’s campaign team has hired Aaron Keyak, former head of the National Jewish Democratic Council, to oversee Jewish outreach.

Keyak, who called the 2020 contest “the most important election of our lifetimes,” boasts a background in Democratic politics.