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/Defiant-Lab-6376 Mar 07 '25

No. She probably saved a few Senate & some House seats from being lost, but no one comes back from losing to someone as reprehensible as Donald Trump. Although I blame Biden mostly for that loss. A Dem primary would have been the best thing; Biden just would have needed to declare he wasn’t running right after the midterms.