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All Points: Who will be veep?

Sen. Maralyn Chase, D-Edmonds, right, talks with Diane Jones, left, at a table displaying signs in support of Democratic Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Friday, June 17, 2016, at the Washington state Democratic Convention in Tacoma, Wash. State Democrats are scheduled to meet through Sunday to pass a party platform and finish electing delegates to the national convention this summer.
Sen. Maralyn Chase, D-Edmonds, right, talks with Diane Jones, left, at a table displaying signs in support of Democratic Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Friday, June 17, 2016, at the Washington state Democratic Convention in Tacoma, Wash. State Democrats are scheduled to meet through Sunday to pass a party platform and finish electing delegates to the national convention this summer. Ted S. Warren AP

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are virtually locked in as the Republican and Democratic nominees in November’s presidential election, with little likelihood of change at party conventions next month.

Still in question is whom those two nominees will pick as their vice presidential running mates. There are rumors about potential picks in both parties.

But with Trump and Clinton both having grown to be almost larger-than-life personalities, perhaps the bigger question is whether the running mates will really matter come November. What do you think?

Send no more than 150 words with your name, home address and telephone number to letters@star-telegram.com. Deadline is Wednesday.

This story was originally published June 21, 2016 at 4:57 PM with the headline "All Points: Who will be veep?."

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