What’s next for Kamala Harris?
She is reportedly keeping her options open, deliberating whether to mount a second presidential run in 2028 or a bid for governor in her home state of California, according to Politico.
Yet her loss to Trump has left members of the Democratic Party mixed about her return.
“I can’t conceivably imagine the party turning to her a second time,” one Democratic strategist told Politico, granted anonymity so they could discuss the matter.
“She proved a lot of skeptics wrong as a political athlete,” an anonymous Harris ally said to Politico. “And her standing with the public is as good as any Democrats with the name I.D. that she has.”
Donna Brazile, the former Democratic National Committee chair, told Politico that Harris need to “marinate” after the loss. Brazile also noted that former Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore took months to decide what he would do after losing to Republican George W. Bush in the 2000 election.
Brazile added that Harris has earned “a lot of political capital. You don’t squander that by making snap decisions.”
In an Echelon Insights poll conducted between Nov. 14 and 18, 41% of Democratic likely voters said they would vote for Harris if the 2028 presidential primary were held today. Obviously, that poll is very premature, and much will surely change in four years’ time.
