Biden chose California Sen. Kamala Harris as his vice presidential pick Tuesday, but he also spent the day calling a number of women to inform them they were not the pick. During those conversations and throughout the vetting process, Biden spoke to the women he considered about other roles they could play if he was elected in November, including, in some cases, potential Cabinet positions, Democrats familiar with the process said. Biden's vetting process provided a sizable boost to the national profiles of nearly a dozen Democratic women. Top party operatives believe the bench of Democratic women has not only been significantly elevated by the process, but because of the unusually public nature of the search, many Americans have a deeper understanding of the roles women play inside the party. Some candidates Biden considered are already national figures. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, for example, used her influence to at times steer the Obama administration's economic policy from the Senate. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is a national co-chair of Biden's campaign and met with him in person for a final interview. As the popular, 48-year-old governor of a large swing state, Whitmer is already firmly on the national radar. And Susan Rice, the veteran diplomat and former Obama national security adviser, was always likely to be a leading contender for a top foreign policy role. But others have seen their profiles rise as a result of Biden's vetting process. California Rep. Karen Bass, the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, emerged as a dark horse contender during Biden's vetting process. If Biden and Harris are elected, the California's governor, Gavin Newsom, would appoint a new senator. Bass could be considered --- though the factional nature of California Democratic politics and the reality that a number of Democrats there have national profiles makes such a selection impossible to predict. Bass has also seen her stature in the House grow as Biden vetted her and after she shepherded a police reform bill. And with the top three-ranking House Democrats all 80 or older, there could be leadership positions available there. Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Florida Rep. Val Demings also emerged as veepstakes contenders and saw themselves booked for national television interviews and touted as future Democratic leaders. In battleground Florida and increasingly competitive Georgia, Demings and Lance Bottoms could become sought-after statewide candidates. View Trump and Biden head-to-head polling All of them -- as well as New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams and Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin -- held fundraisers and events as Biden surrogates, earning chits with Biden and his campaign in the process. "Part of what we wanted to do through this process was to enhance all of these women's careers and lift all their profiles and give them the opportunity to have a national stage for a few months so that they can grow their influence, so th