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Following President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the campaign, political betting markets on Sunday indicated that Vice President Kamala Harris and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro would be the front-runners for the Democratic presidential ticket.

BetOnline wagers indicate that Harris, 59, is a significant 1/9 favorite (-900) to be the Democratic presidential nominee.

Below are some of the odds on Harris’s potential VP pick, as noted by the New York Post:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (15/1) has the next-best odds of getting the presidential nomination, followed by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (16/1) and former first lady Michelle Obama (16/1).

Longshots include Shapiro (65/1), failed 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (80/1), Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (100/1), and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (100/1).

Shapiro, 51, is currently the favorite to be the VP nominee on BetOnline.ag, with 7/4 odds.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has 3/1 odds, followed by Beshear at 5/1 and Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Buttigieg, who both hold 8/1 probabilities.

Whitmer is a longer shot, with 16/1 odds, as is Obama, at 20/1.

Harris’s presidential campaign has raised nearly $50 million in donations since President Joe Biden ended his bid for re-election on Sunday and endorsed her.

“Since the President endorsed Vice President Harris yesterday afternoon, everyday Americans have given $49.6 million in grassroots donations to her campaign,” the Harris campaign told Fox News.

According to the Harris campaign, the number reflects community contributions made by “all entities, including ActBlue.”

Following Biden’s announcement on Sunday afternoon that he would withdraw from the 2024 race due to pressure from the Democratic Party, Harris declared her own presidential campaign.

The historic declaration was made in response to calls from a growing number of Democratic lawmakers for Biden to resign, and there were reports that the party’s leadership was trying to persuade the 81-year-old Biden that he would not be able to defeat former President Trump, the 2024 GOP nominee, in November’s general election. Biden won the White House four years prior.

Immediately after Harris assumed the role of the party’s presidential nominee, Biden gave Harris his “full support and endorsement.”

“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president,” Biden wrote in a public letter. “While it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interests of my party and the country for me to stand down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term.”

After Biden made his announcement, Harris released a statement saying she is “honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination.”

Former President Barack Obama, however, has not yet endorsed Harris, and is instead backing a process where an “outstanding” nominee can emerge.

In a lengthy statement, which largely praised Biden, Obama said: “For now, Michelle and I just want to express our love and gratitude to Joe and Jill for leading us so ably and courageously during these perilous times — and for their commitment to the ideals of freedom and equality that this country was founded on.”

“We will be navigating uncharted waters in the days ahead. But I have extraordinary confidence that the leaders of our party will be able to create a process from which an outstanding nominee emerges. I believe that Joe Biden’s vision of a generous, prosperous, and united America that provides opportunity for everyone will be on full display at the Democratic Convention in August. And I expect that every single one of us are prepared to carry that message of hope and progress forward into November and beyond,” Obama added.