CNN: Kamala Harris Considering a Potential Run for Calif. Governor in 2026

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DOVERE: "What she‘s been saying to people over the last couple of weeks, donors, other supporters that she‘s been talking with, is, 'You haven‘t seen the last of me. I‘m not going quietly into the night.' Advisers, people close to her, are debating about what that means. They do not want her final official act ever to be essentially certifying Donald Trump‘s win over her, especially four years after January 6th. And so they look at this governor‘s race in California in 2026, and it seems to them like a layup, essentially, that she would probably clear the field or mostly clear the field, and she would get to be governor of California, which is a pretty good job, right? It was good enough for Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown. And but if she does that, that means that she couldn‘t turn around and run for president again in 2028, right? She‘d need to essentially declare right away. And that is what it really comes down to, because there are people close to her who say she didn‘t get a fair shot this year, it wasn‘t up to what she could have done and look how well she performed anyway, she should get to go again in 2028. And then there are ones who say, look, with where things are with the Democratic Party. It she would not have a clear field — a cleared field, rather, in the Democratic primary and could lose the nomination. And to come off of 2024 into that would be really terrible."