{"id":7274,"date":"2025-02-19T14:18:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T14:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/kamala-harris-has-scrambled-the-california-governors-race-without-entering-it\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T14:18:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T14:18:18","slug":"kamala-harris-has-scrambled-the-california-governors-race-without-entering-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/kamala-harris-has-scrambled-the-california-governors-race-without-entering-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Has Scrambled the California Governor\u2019s Race Without Entering It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a different scenario, the governor\u2019s race in California would already have taken shape. Aspiring candidates would have been making appearances around the state. Donors would have begun bankrolling their favorites, and organizations would have started to announce endorsements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Instead, Kamala Harris came home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The former vice president, after a stinging defeat in the presidential race last year, has shaken up the 2026 governor\u2019s race by her mere presence in California. Speculation has grown each week since her return from Washington: Will she or won\u2019t she enter the race?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After flying back to Los Angeles last month, Ms. Harris has stood with firefighters in Altadena, greeted evacuees at a Red Cross shelter and toured fire damage in Pacific Palisades. During her most recent stop, she did little to quell speculation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI am here, and would be here, regardless of the office I hold, because it is the right thing to do,\u201d Ms. Harris said when reporters pressed her about whether she was running for governor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The possibility has made it difficult for most other Democrats to move forward, realizing that any calculations they make now would be upended if Ms. Harris entered the race. The 2026 contest to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom, who cannot run again because of term limits, is currently populated by lesser-known aspirants, many of whom likely would step aside if Ms. Harris decided to run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cShe hasn\u2019t frozen the field, but definitely made it icy enough to force everyone to slow down and watch their step,\u201d said Dan Newman, a Democratic strategist who advised Mr. Newsom during his campaigns for governor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Harris is weighing whether to run for governor next year, run for president in 2028 or pursue a role <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/07\/us\/politics\/kamala-harris-2028-run-for-president.html\" title=\"\">outside of elected office<\/a>, according to a person with knowledge of her deliberations. She has put together an advisory team that includes former White House staff, veteran Democratic strategists, policy experts, a speechwriter and a fund-raiser.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Running for governor might seem to be a step down for someone who served four years as the vice president and was the Democratic nominee for president. But by doing so, Ms. Harris would avoid the competitive slog of a presidential primary and have a strong chance to lead the nation\u2019s most populous state with the help of fellow Democrats who control the legislature. Ms. Harris has won in California every time she\u2019s been on the statewide ballot \u2014 as a candidate for president, vice president, senator and attorney general.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">By this point eight years ago, the last time California had an open governor\u2019s seat, the major Democratic candidates had fully launched their campaigns and Mr. Newsom had <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/item\/0sk427gk\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">emerged<\/a> as the front-runner in polls. Though the primary election is still 16 months away, it takes longer in California than elsewhere for candidates to raise money and become known to voters across a vast state with expensive media markets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">So far, the declared Democratic candidates include the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2023-04-24\/lt-gov-eleni-kounalakis-2026-governors-race\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lieutenant governor<\/a>, the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2023-09-26\/tony-thurmond-announces-2026-bid-for-california-governor\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">schools superintendent<\/a>, a former <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-07-23\/former-l-a-mayor-antonio-villaraigosa-announces-another-run-for-california-governor\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">mayor of Los Angeles<\/a>, a former <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-03-27\/2026-california-governor-election-betty-yee-announcement\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">state controller<\/a> and a former <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-01-19\/senate-leader-toni-atkins-joins-2026-race-for-california-governor\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">legislative leader<\/a>. Though they\u2019ve begun to raise money and seek endorsements, they <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/item\/97b1p0sq\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">are little-known<\/a> to voters, making the race an unpredictable free-for-all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Eleni Kounalakis, the lieutenant governor, was the first to jump into the governor\u2019s race when she declared her candidacy in April 2023. At the time, the possibility that Ms. Harris might enter the race was on few minds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Because Ms. Kounalakis and Ms. Harris have been friends for more than two decades, it\u2019s difficult to imagine them running against each other. Their friendship dates back to when Ms. Harris was the San Francisco district attorney and Ms. Kounalakis was running her family\u2019s home-building company in the same city, \u201cboth young women, trying to navigate the halls of power,\u201d Ms. Kounalakis said in a speech at the Democratic National Convention. Ms. Kounalakis was not available for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While most Democrats are in wait-and-see mode, the prospect of Ms. Harris\u2019s entry seems to have energized some Republicans. Chad Bianco, the sheriff of Riverside County, launched his campaign on Monday. Steve Hilton, a Fox News commentator and former adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain who lives in Silicon Valley, is also weighing a run. And Richard Grenell, who has a home in Manhattan Beach, Calif., and is President Trump\u2019s envoy for special missions, said last week that he would consider running for California governor \u2014 if Ms. Harris gets into the race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Such candidates would face long odds in a state that has not elected a Republican to statewide office since 2006, when voters re-elected Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor. But Republicans believe competing against Ms. Harris, especially after her loss to President Trump, could energize their supporters and attract more donations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cShe would be a very enticing opponent to Republicans,\u201d said Matt Shupe, a campaign strategist who is advising Mr. Hilton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">If Ms. Harris does run, it would be a rare move for someone who came so close to the presidency. Only four vice presidents have run for governor, and one dropped out to support another candidate, according to Joel Goldstein, an emeritus law professor at Saint Louis University who has studied the history of vice presidents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 1804, Aaron Burr lost his race for governor of New York, an outcome that he blamed on Alexander Hamilton before he shot Mr. Hamilton dead in their famous duel. In 1894, Levi Morton, the vice president under President Benjamin Harrison, won the New York governor\u2019s race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The most direct parallel, however, was Richard Nixon. In 1960, Mr. Nixon, then the Republican vice president, lost the presidential race to John F. Kennedy. He returned home to Southern California and ran for governor in 1962.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Nixon adjusted to the parochial nature of a governor\u2019s race and pledged to visit every county in the state, according to news accounts. He signed autographs in the rain in the Sierra Nevada foothills, posed for photos with \u201ccoonskin capped\u201d mountain men and played piano for potato farmers near the Oregon border, The Los Angeles Times reported in February 1962.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the 2026 governor\u2019s race, some prominent Democrats have yet to announce their intentions as Ms. Harris weighs her decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Katie Porter, the former congresswoman known for viral moments in which she grilled executives with her whiteboard on Capitol Hill, has made several trips to Sacramento in recent weeks to meet with labor leaders and others who are influential in Democratic politics \u2014 indications that she has been laying the groundwork to get in the race. But she also has suggested that she and others would be unlikely to take on Ms. Harris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf Vice President Harris were to choose to run, I am certain that that would have a near field-clearing effect on the Democratic side,\u201d Ms. Porter <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kwp36okXH8s\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> at a post-election discussion in December.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Another Democratic leader has decided to forgo the governor\u2019s race. Rob Bonta, California\u2019s attorney general, had been considering a run but announced this month that he will instead seek re-election as the state\u2019s top lawyer and will support Ms. Harris if she runs for governor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Not every Democrat would scatter. Two candidates who are positioning themselves as business-friendly moderates said that they will stay in the race even if Ms. Harris jumps in. Antonio Villaraigosa, a former Los Angeles mayor who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2018 and now works for the cryptocurrency company Coinbase, said that he\u2019s running again because too many Californians are struggling with the cost of living.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cBecause nothing has changed for them, nothing has changed for me,\u201d Mr. Villaraigosa said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Stephen Cloobeck, a real estate developer who has given his campaign $3 million, said Ms. Harris\u2019s time in Washington has left her disconnected from California voters.\u201cI welcome her entering the race if she decides to do that,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It is not clear when Ms. Harris might make a decision. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Lorena Gonzalez, the president of the California Labor Federation and a former Democratic state lawmaker, said that the prospect of Ms. Harris\u2019s entry has \u201cslowed everything down.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The labor federation has invited candidates for governor to speak to union members at an event in May to begin considering an endorsement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe never thought that would look too early,\u201d Gonzalez said. \u201cBut now it seems like it might be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 1962, the last time a vice president came home to run for governor, Mr. Nixon<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span>lost to Edmund G. \u201cPat\u201d Brown, the Democratic incumbent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was that defeat that led <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JA1edgj1U5E\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Nixon to tell reporters<\/a>, \u201cYou won\u2019t have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Six years later, he was elected president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Orlando Mayorqu\u00edn<!-- --> and <!-- -->Jesus Jim\u00e9nez<!-- --> contributed reporting. <!-- -->Sheelagh McNeill<!-- --> contributed research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/19\/us\/kamala-harris-california-governor.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a different scenario, the governor\u2019s race in California would already have taken shape. 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