Former Vice President Kamala Harris floated the possibility of running again for the White House in 2028, making her strongest statement to date about a future presidential bid after losing to President Donald Trump last fall.
“I am not done,” she told the BBC in an interview set to air on Sunday. “I have lived my entire career as a life of service, and it’s in my bones.”
Harris has not decided on a future White House run yet, but the interview shows she’s open to the idea. She previously ruled out a 2026 run for governor of California.
Speaking with British journalist Laura Kuenssberg, Harris said she’s confident that her grandnieces will see the first female president “in their lifetime, for sure.” When asked if it would be her, she responded, “Possibly.”
The former Democratic presidential nominee also addressed Polymarket’s betting odds that place her behind wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who has not given a committed response to the prospect of a 2028 presidential run.
“If I listened to polls, I would have not run for my first office, or my second office,” Harris said, “and I certainly wouldn’t be sitting here.”
In a recent Democratic primary poll for 2028, Harris leads Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, among others.
Harris is currently touring the nation to promote her new memoir, 107 Days. The book gets its title from the number of days her short-lived campaign lasted.
In the memoir, the former vice president criticized former President Joe Biden‘s decision to seek reelection only to drop out of the race a little over three months before the November election.
Harris wrote that she “was in the worst position to make the case that he should drop out” because “it would come off to him as incredibly self-serving if I advised him not to run.” She also said Biden’s team was “hypnotized” by the mantra: “It’s Joe and Jill’s decision.” She added that letting Biden run again was “recklessness.”
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The White House dismissed the possibility of Harris’s future run.
“When Kamala Harris lost the election in a landslide, she should’ve taken the hint — the American people don’t care about her absurd lies,” White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson told multiple outlets. “Or maybe she did take the hint and that’s why she’s continuing to air her grievances to foreign publications.”