Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) suggested he may launch a 2028 presidential campaign following the 2026 midterms.
Speaking to CBS News Sunday Morning, the governor said, “Yeah, I’d be lying otherwise,” when asked about a potential run. “I’d just be lying. And I’m not — I can’t do that.”
Pressed further, Newsom stated, “I have no idea,” going on to explain that the “idea that a guy who got 960 on his SAT, that still struggles to read scripts, that was always in the back of the classroom, the idea that you would even throw that out is, in and of itself, extraordinary.” He added, “I’m looking forward to who presents themselves in 2028 and who meets that moment. And that’s the question for the American people.”
Newsom sparked presidential rumors upon joining South Carolina Democrats over the summer. “Governor Newsom leads the largest economy in America and the fourth largest in the world, and he’s coming to meet folks in towns that have been hollowed out by decades of Republican control,” said South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Christale Spain in July. “This is about building partnerships, uplifting communities, and showing rural voters they aren’t forgotten.”
“Our strategy isn’t about chasing cable news coverage, it’s about showing up and building trust, town by town, county by county, that is our path back to power,” Spain added. “We’re proud of the gains we are making but we’re even more focused on what’s ahead.”
Former Vice President Kamala Harris also suggested she may “possibly” be the first female president. “I am not done,” she told the BBC. “I have lived my entire career as a life of service and it’s in my bones.”
“If I listened to polls I would have not run for my first office, or my second office – and I certainly wouldn’t be sitting here,” Harris noted.
