{"id":35367,"date":"2025-03-07T17:20:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T17:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/kamala-harris-reveals-timetable-for-making-major-political-decision-in-deep-blue-state\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T17:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T17:20:19","slug":"kamala-harris-reveals-timetable-for-making-major-political-decision-in-deep-blue-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/kamala-harris-reveals-timetable-for-making-major-political-decision-in-deep-blue-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris reveals timetable for making major political decision in deep blue state"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Vice President Kamala Harris <\/a>is setting a timetable to make a major decision about her political future.<\/p>\n

Harris, who lost last November’s White House election to now-President Donald Trump,<\/a> is seriously considering a 2026 bid to succeed term-limited Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom of California.<\/p>\n

Additionally, a source in the former vice president’s political orbit confirmed to Fox News Digital that Harris has told allies she will decide by the end of summer on whether to launch a gubernatorial campaign. The news was first reported by Politico.<\/p>\n

There has been plenty of speculation since last year’s election regarding Harris, who replaced then-President Joe Biden as the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee last summer after he dropped out of the race amid mounting questions over his physical and mental stamina.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The two potential options for Harris are launching a gubernatorial run <\/a>next year in her home state or seeking the presidency again in 2028. Extremely early polls in the next Democratic Party presidential nomination race – which are heavily reliant on name recognition at this point – indicate that the former vice president holds a significant lead over other potential White House contenders.<\/p>\n

It is very unlikely she could do both. Running and winning election in 2026 as governor of heavily blue California,<\/a> the nation’s most populous state and home to the world’s fifth-largest economy, would likely take a 2028 White House run off the table, allies and political analysts have indicated.<\/p>\n

Harris served as San Francisco district attorney, California attorney general and represented the Golden State in the U.S. Senate before joining Biden’s 2020 ticket and winning election as vice president.<\/p>\n

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While no decisions have been made, the former vice president has vowed to remain politically involved.<\/p>\n

Harris, in a video message to the Democratic National Committee, as it huddled for its winter meeting a month ago, pledged to be with the party “every step of the way.”<\/p>\n

She recently spoke at the NAACP Image Awards, as she accepted the organization’s Chairman’s Award. This weekend, she is headed to Las Vegas – Nevada is an early-voting state in the presidential primary calendar and a key general election battleground – to speak at Human X,<\/a> which is an AI-themed conference.<\/p>\n

If Harris decides this summer to launch a gubernatorial campaign, she would likely clear much of the field of Democrats.<\/p>\n

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said last month he would support Harris if she decides to run and that “she would be field-clearing” if she launched a campaign.<\/p>\n

Bonta, a former state lawmaker who has served as California attorney general since 2021, said he would run for re-election next year rather than launch a gubernatorial campaign, putting to rest speculation about his next political moves.<\/p>\n

LEADING CALIFORNIA DEMOCRAT’S PREDICTION ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Kamala Harris would be a great governor,” Bonta said in an interview with Politico.<\/p>\n

Among the more than half-dozen Democratic Party candidates already running for governor are Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis – a Harris ally – and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.<\/p>\n

Former Rep. Katie Porter, who unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic Senate nomination last year, has expressed interest in launching a campaign.<\/p>\n

Additionally, former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, who served in Congress and as California attorney general before joining the Biden administration, is also seen as a potential contender.<\/p>\n

Many of the current or potential candidates would likely stand aside if Harris entered the race.<\/p>\n

TRUMP SUPPORTING CALIFORNIA SHERIFF LAUNCHES 2026 CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Among the Republicans, longtime Trump loyalist Richard Grenell, who is serving as U.S. envoy for special missions in the president’s second administration, last month floated a potential bid for California governor if Harris also runs.<\/p>\n

“If Kamala Harris runs for governor, I believe that she has such baggage and hundreds of millions of dollars in educating the voters of how terrible she is, that it’s a new day in California and that the Republican actually has a shot,” Grenell said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco last month announced his Republican candidacy for governor.<\/p>\n

Additionally, former Fox News Channel host and conservative commentator Steve Hilton is considering a GOP gubernatorial bid.<\/p>\n

In California, unlike most other states, the top two finishers in a primary, regardless of party affiliation, advance to the general election.<\/p>\n

It has been nearly two decades since a Republican won statewide office in California, back to former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 2006 re-election victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Vice President Kamala Harris is setting a timetable to make a major decision about her political future. Harris, who lost last November’s White House election to now-President Donald Trump, is seriously considering a 2026 bid to succeed term-limited Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom of California. Additionally, a source in the former vice president’s political orbit … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}