Kamala eyes 2028 presidential run or 2026 California gubernatorial run: report

Vice President Kamala Harris is reportedly telling advisors to keep her political options open for a possible presidential run in 2028 or a campaign for governor in her home state after a loss to President-elect Donald Trump earlier this month.  

Harris has laid low since the election and has not made many public appearances. However, Harris is telling aides that she will be "staying in the fight," Politico reported. The vice president expects to gauge her options for running again in 2028 or making a bid for governor of California in 2026 as she stays with family members over the holiday season.  

One former Harris aide told the outlet, "She doesn’t have to decide if she wants to run for something again in the next six months," adding, "The natural thing to do would be to set up some type of entity that would give her the opportunity to travel and give speeches and preserve her political relationships." 

The vice president will soon be out of the job, and she is reportedly working with aides to plan on how Harris will spend her time to push back on Trump as he enters the White House in January. One person close to Harris claimed that "there will be a desire to hear her voice" in the coming months with Trump as president, per the outlet. 

Prior to Harris replacing President Joe Biden on the ticket for the 2024 campaign, she was one of the most unpopular vice presidents in recent memory, having a favorability rating of around 36 percent in March 2024, per Real Clear Polling. One NBC News poll in 2023 found that she hit a record low at 32 percent favorability. That favorability rating shifted on a dime in July when Biden resigned his presidential nomination for the Democratic Party, and she took his place.  

After her loss against Trump, the Democratic Party as well as White House staff erupted in infighting, so even some Democrats may question her prospects going forward for a second presidential run.