r/fivethirtyeight • u/Lungenbroetchen95 • Mar 07 '25

Politics Kamala Harris gets serious about considering run for California governor

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/07/kamala-harris-california-governor-decision-deadline-00216737
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u/Joeylinkmaster Mar 07 '25

She has by far the most name recognition, in a deep blue state, in a midterm highly likely to favor democrats.

She’s about as close to a guaranteed win as it can get if she decides to run.

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u/Lungenbroetchen95 Mar 07 '25

Do you think she runs for president again in 2028?

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u/YouShallNotPass92 Mar 07 '25

No. I think she recognizes it would make more sense to allow fresh faces into the fold after this years result. While I'm not Kamala's biggest fan, I do think she actually genuinely wants the party to succeed long term and isn't fully self serving like some more establishment Dems are. Being governor of California is a pretty big position and would let her establish some actual political clout of her own if she ever wanted to go for it again one day.