Overview
- In a live video interview with author Sharon McMahon, Kamala Harris said she has not decided on a 2028 bid and added, "I might."
- Harris said her bestselling memoir, 107 Days, was not intended to signal a future campaign.
- She previously announced she would not run for California governor in 2026 and has not filed any paperwork with the FEC for 2028.
- Early testing places her near 18% support in hypothetical Democratic primary polling, trailing California Governor Gavin Newsom, according to coverage citing CNN analysis.
- A leaked account of the DNC’s 2024 postmortem points to policy messaging as a net-negative, including the party’s handling of Gaza and Israel, a finding now factoring into donor and activist evaluations of potential 2028 contenders.