California Democrats uncertain about Kamala Harris’ potential run for governor

Some California Democrats are unsure astir erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris launching a gubernatorial bid successful her location authorities pursuing her nonaccomplishment to President Donald Trump, according to reports. 

"I deliberation she’d beryllium fine. I mean, she’s already been a authorities leader, right?" Denise Robb, a Democratic Party delegate from Pasadena, told the Washington Post. "It’s conscionable that she mislaid the statesmanlike contention and she’s been astir — gone. We don’t perceive from her. We don’t spot her."

The Post and The New York Times reported connected Sunday that activists and delegates wrong the enactment weren't each successful connected the erstwhile vice president, who has held statewide bureau successful California earlier arsenic lawyer wide and a U.S. senator. Harris delivered a 3-minute video code astatine a gathering of thousands of California Democrats implicit the weekend, with different gubernatorial candidates successful attendance. 

"I don’t deliberation she should get into the run for governor," Mark Gracyk, a delegate from San Diego, told the Times. "The moving people would say, ‘Oh determination she is again, she has the enactment of the elites.’"

HARRIS DODGES QUESTIONS ABOUT POLITICAL FUTURE, POSSIBLE RUN FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR

Some Democrats are not sold connected erstwhile VP Kamala Harris launching a bid for politician successful California, arsenic the erstwhile VP delivered a abbreviated video code astatine the California Democratic normal implicit the weekend. (Center: (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images), Background: (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images))

The erstwhile vice president has made a fistful of nationalist appearances since her 2024 predetermination loss, including a code that criticized Trump's archetypal 100 days successful bureau successful aboriginal May.

Amanda Day, a delegate from Merced, told the Post that her enactment for Harris successful the 2024 predetermination didn't automatically mean she would enactment the erstwhile VP for governor, should she take to run. Day besides noted that Harris' past arsenic a authorities lawyer wide mightiness origin a occupation for her. 

"I liked her arsenic a statesmanlike candidate, but it was a antithetic job," Day said. "Coming backmost to California is simply a full different story. She has past here."

Ayo Banjo, a delegate from Santa Cruz, told the Times that she wanted to recognize wherever Harris stands close now.

KAMALA HARRIS POTENTIAL RUN FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR MET WITH INDIFFERENCE FROM POLICY INFLUENCERS

Supporters of the Democratic Party cheer connected candidates astatine the Calif. Democratic normal astatine the Anaheim Convention Center connected Saturday, May 31, 2025, successful Los Angeles, CA. ((Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images))

"I wonderment wherever her priorities are, and wherever she’s astatine close now," Banjo said. "I bash enactment her and deliberation that she’s great, but close present I person much questions than answers."

Former Democratic lawmaker Katie Porter, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, erstwhile Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and erstwhile Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra are among the different Democrats who person launched a bid for California governor.

Villaraigosa has charged that Harris and Becerra, who some served successful the Biden administration, were progressive successful a cover-up of Biden's diminution portion successful office, citing the caller book, "Original Sin," which delves into the scandal.

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Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

"Now, we person travel to larn this cover-up includes 2 salient California politicians who served arsenic California Attorney General – 1 who is moving for Governor and different who is reasoning astir moving for Governor," helium said successful a statement. 

"Those who were complicit successful the cover-up should instrumentality work for the portion they played successful this debacle, clasp themselves accountable, and apologize to the American people. I telephone connected Kamala Harris and Xavier Becerra to bash conscionable that – and marque themselves disposable to voters and the escaped property due to the fact that there’s a batch of questions that request to beryllium answered," Villaraigosa continued.

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Harris is acceptable to decide her adjacent determination by the extremity of the summer.

Former Vice President Harris did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital.