Former Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday she is “focused” on the 2026 elections while dodging questions on whether she will run for president again in 2028.
Harris released a book, 107 Days, on her short presidential campaign and also declined to seek the governor’s office in California this November. She said this race is “not my calling” while acknowledging “there’s a lot at stake.”
“California, you know, 40 million people, and so when I was a United States senator representing California, I was representing 1 in 8 Americans, so it has a great deal of influence and potential influence on the way the country goes,” Harris said on the Now You Know with Knowa De Baraso podcast.
Harris said she plans to vote in this election but has yet to endorse any of the candidates in this race.
The former vice president is also speculated to run for president again in 2028, though she said she hasn’t made a final decision. Rather, she said she’s “focused on 2026,” and said the November midterm elections will “have everything to do with the environment we’ll be in in 2028.”
“And hopefully, in 2026, we’ll get to right the ship a bit around putting in place some checks and balances on the abuse of power by this president,” Harris said.
Ahead of the midterm elections, Harris has reactivated her 2024 campaign social media accounts to reach younger voters. The account changed its username on X after its initial rebrand received pushback for trying to capitalize on the viral “67” meme.
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California’s Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act dictates that the two candidates who receive the most votes on primary day, set for June 2, 2026, will move on to the general election, regardless of party affiliation.
Conservative commentator Steve Hilton is leading the latest polling with 17%, followed by Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Biano, running as a Republican, tied at 14%. Of the 1,000 respondents, 21% remain undecided, and the poll’s margin of error is 3%, according to an Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics survey.
The Washington Examiner contacted Harris’s senior adviser and office for comment.