WASHINGTON _ As Joe Biden begins to formalize a list of potential running mates, it's clear that several African American women will sit prominently at the top.
Kamala Harris and Stacey Abrams already boast considerable national profiles, and Val Demings, a police chief-turned-congresswoman from Central Florida, earned unexpected notoriety as an impeachment manager in the Senate trial of President Donald Trump.
But even as Hispanics are expected to comprise the largest nonwhite voting bloc in the 2020 election, leaders of the community concede that Latina women enter the veepstakes process as less likely prospects, rather than top-tier hopefuls _ the result of a still-maturing power base that's yet to be fully realized.
