Harris 'has a lot of great options' for running mate: N Carolina governor

A day after confirming he wouldn't be a candidate for Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday at a public event that he's excited that Democrats have a lot of great options for her to choose from.

Speaking in coastal Brunswick County with US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan to celebrate federal funding for land conservation, Cooper reiterated his Monday message by saying "this was not the right time for our state or for me to potentially be on a national ticket.

Cooper, barred by term limits from seeking reelection this year, had been among roughly a dozen potential contenders that Harris' team was initially looking at for a vice presidential pick. He's been a surrogate for President Joe Biden's reelection bid and now for Harris.

I am going to work every day to see that she is elected," Cooper told WECT-TV. I believe that she will win, and I look forward to this campaign because she has the right message and