Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris has written in her forthcoming memoir that she considered former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg as the top choice to be her running mate in her 2024 presidential campaign, according to excerpts of the book obtained by The Atlantic. “We were already asking a lot of America: to accept a woman, a Black woman, a Black woman married to a Jewish man. And I think Pete also knew that — to our mutual sadness,” Harris wrote in her memoir, “107 Days,” according to The Atlantic. Buttigieg was among the contenders Harris considered as a vice presidential pick for her truncated presidential run, among other rising stars in the Democratic Party such as Pennsylvania Gov. Harris and Buttigieg did not discuss Harris’ reasoning for the decision, according to a person familiar with their discussions.