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Democrats wish Kamala Harris ran for California governor, not look to 2028: report
Fox News ^ | May 5, 2026 | Alexander Hall

Posted on 05/07/2026 1:37:22 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Many Democrats wish former Vice President Kamala Harris would have run for governor of California rather than potentially making another bid for the presidency in 2028, according to a new report.

Amid a hotly contested gubernatorial race in the Golden State in which numerous candidates are splitting the Democratic vote, The New York Times highlighted how Harris could have decisively changed this in a piece headlined, "A California Dream? Some Democrats Fear Harris Picked the Wrong Race."

"Maybe, they say, she should have run for governor instead of publicly pondering a third run for president," the Times noted.

California has an open primary system where all candidates of both parties run against each other, so hypothetically, two candidates of the same party could face each other in the general election. With Republican votes divided among only two candidates and Democratic votes divided among eight, some Democrats have worried about the potential of a Republican being elected governor.

One example the Times recalled was "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin, who last month urged Harris to abandon her presidential ambitions in favor of state politics.

"California, it’s like running a country," Hostin said. "I know that she’s talked about being president — I don’t know if that’s the right position for her — but my goodness, she certainly knows California."

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cackles; california; governor; kamala; kamalaharris; stoner

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1 posted on 05/07/2026 1:37:22 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

They write themselves don’t they.


2 posted on 05/07/2026 1:40:18 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

California cannot afford the kneepads.


3 posted on 05/07/2026 1:43:48 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Me too. Let her cackle in Kali, it’ll be fun to watch it burn worse than it has under Gavy poo.


4 posted on 05/07/2026 1:44:53 PM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Not a fan of much)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Just appoint her like when they did for the presidency! lol

Oh yeah! No kings or queens! lol


5 posted on 05/07/2026 1:46:20 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Yeah, she should dive in so she, Katie Porter, Becerra and Steyer can divide the leftwing vote and Hilton and Bianco can finish first and second.


6 posted on 05/07/2026 1:53:14 PM PDT by Orosius
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To: MinorityRepublican

She should follow the example of another Californian Vice President, Richard Nixon, who ran for Governor of California two years after being defeated for President, only to lose that race but be elected President 6 years later. So she could lose the governor’s race this year and be elected President in 2032. If the American collective IQ has dropped sufficiently by then.


7 posted on 05/07/2026 1:55:50 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: MinorityRepublican
There were rumors of someone looking into Kamala running as a write-in candidate for governor (after the filing deadline for the primary had passed).

If it was in the primary, she would have been one more democrat in an already crowded field, so that would have probably failed.

I don't know if it would even be legal to run a write-in candidate AFTER the primary in the general election. If it's Hilton v. Bianco, it wouldn't surprise me if they try.

8 posted on 05/07/2026 1:58:36 PM PDT by ZOOKER
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To: MinorityRepublican

It’s hard for me to believe that anyone with at least one neuron still firing would want Kamala to run for anything. She an insult to a box of rocks and can’t put together a cogent sentence without the help of a teleprompter. This just makes no sense to me.


9 posted on 05/07/2026 2:02:28 PM PDT by econjack
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To: MinorityRepublican

Regional destruction before nationwide destruction, I guess...


10 posted on 05/07/2026 2:28:32 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

frankly, most D’s realize she’s a loser and wish she would find a retirement job (maybe selling popsicles at the beach>?)

even the “worst’ Demos want sale-able candidates that they can support and possibly win with


11 posted on 05/07/2026 2:57:56 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: MinorityRepublican

It won’t happen, but I want Kamala as their nominee in 2028.

That would very good thing for the Republican nominee.


12 posted on 05/07/2026 4:32:06 PM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

“California has an open primary system where all candidates of both parties run against each other, so hypothetically, two candidates of the same party could face each other in the general election”

“hypothetically.” That’s rich. That was the intent in enacting the jingle primary. Only in a handful of statewide offices has a Republican appeared on the general election ballot


13 posted on 05/07/2026 5:05:02 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Just what CA needs - Newsom in a skirt.


14 posted on 05/07/2026 5:24:47 PM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: BigFreakinToad

And eight years of great, hilarious memes.


15 posted on 05/07/2026 10:49:41 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: MinorityRepublican

omg, such an unbiased article, eh? The demonrats are worried a Republican will win in California. How sick is that? Shun the leftwing owned medias and think for yourself. They are not our friend those of you not chained to the Demonrat plantation.


16 posted on 05/08/2026 9:31:00 AM PDT by alaskamomma
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