Former Vice President Kamala Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, reportedly does not want her to run for President again in 2028, as she mulls another campaign. Certain donors have also reportedly told her that the campaign would be “a long shot.”
While Harris lost every swing state to President Donald J. Trump in the 2024 election, she is Democratic voters’ current polling favorite for 2028, outperforming California Governor Gavin Newsom by 21 points despite his nonstop efforts to become the face of anti-Trump backlash. She has also begun campaigning alongside Democratic candidates for the 2026 midterms, ranging from Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) figures to those aligned with the party’s establishment wing.
In 2025, Harris claimed that the reason she lost the 2024 election was because she did not have enough time to make her case to the public, following former President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance and subsequent withdrawal from the race. Of course, this ignores the fact that she did not come close to winning the Democratic nomination in 2020, and in 2024 continued to support her party’s ideological insanity on transgenderism, as well as immigration.
In remarks at an NAACP event in Michigan, Harris commented, “I have not decided if I’m going to run again,” while proceeding to say that she was focused on the midterms. Newsom has stated that he will not run if she does, though given his obvious presidential ambitions, this may just be a show of deference toward the Democratic Party’s black voting bloc.
In addition to her husband and select skeptical donors, Rob Sand, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Iowa, has also previously thrown cold water on the idea of another Harris presidential bid. According to Sands, “We [the Democratic Party] need some new leadership.” While Sands undoubtedly meant the comment in a generic, optimistic way, the “new leadership” in vogue with young Democrats is doubling down on far-left economics and identity politics. Should Harris run in 2028, she will no doubt attempt to win by pandering to her party’s emboldened Left, and likely be rejected yet again.
