Former Vice President Kamala Harris is seeing an unexpected surge in support from Republicans…but there’s a catch.
Harris, who represented the Golden State in the Senate from 2017 until becoming vice president in 2021 under former President Biden, is widely thought to be considering a run for California governor in 2026. She’s expected to make a formal decision by the end of the summer.
Early polling has shown that if Harris were to launch a bid, she would be the Democrat front-runner.
California has not elected a Republican governor since 2007, but many Republicans see Harris as a potentially vulnerable candidate should Democrats choose her. “Sources familiar with Harris’ thinking say she’s weighing a gubernatorial bid in her home state, a third run for the presidency or not seeking elected office,” CBS News reported earlier this month.
“I’d jump for joy,” Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco declared, per the Daily Mail. “She’s the perfect example of everything Californians are sick of – soft on crime, blind to our problems, and more focused on DC than Main Street. … She won two statewide elections, and she won in California when she was running for president. But those votes didn’t go to Kamala Harris. Those votes went against Donald Trump.”
“I think it could attract some donors from around the country who might be interested in taking another pound of flesh,” Republican political consultant Dave Gilliard stated, according to POLITICO. “Money is the biggest obstacle other than the registration because the donor world doesn’t think a Republican can be elected governor anymore.”
“I sense that this is the best shot for someone to be elected statewide in California who’s not a Democrat for at least 20 years, and I think the evident reason for that is the failure of one-party rule,” conservative pundit Steve Hilton said. “The candidate who’s going to win in 2026, regardless of party label, is the change candidate. Kamala Harris is the one who least represents change.”
“She has a chance to be embarrassed even if she wins,” said GOP consultant Kevin Spillane, who managed the campaign of GOP California attorney general candidate Steve Cooley, who narrowly lost to Harris in 2010. “It could be a pyrrhic victory.”
Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, another ex-Biden official announced a gubernatorial campaign in the state last month.
However, Democrat Party insiders have cast serious doubts on Kamala’s ability to win another major election. A former Democratic National Committee (DNC) official, Alex Hoffman, recently cast doubt on Vice President Kamala Harris‘ future political prospects, particularly her potential run for the presidency in 2028. Speaking on a podcast, Hoffman claimed that during the DNC’s Winter Meeting, he found no one who believed Harris should seek the Democratic nomination again. (RELATED: Former DNC Official Reports No Party Insiders Want Kamala Harris To Run Again)
“I think it was definitely that there was a lot of activists and volunteers who were in the audience, and she was our Democratic nominee, and everybody just kind of clapped and was like, ‘Yay, good for her,’” Hoffman explained. He went on to add that the applause was more likely driven by Harris’ status as the party’s most recent nominee rather than a genuine endorsement of her leadership or candidacy.
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“Early polling has shown that if Harris were to launch a bid, she would be the Democrat front-runner.”
Since there is no data this is a LIE being pushed by Dems or Harris.
CA has already experienced Harris we don’t want her back.
So she can be beaten