Former Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday she might make a third bid for the presidency, officially leaving the door open to another run for the White House.
Speaking at the National Action Network conference in New York City, Rev. Al Sharpton asked the former vice president if she is going to run in 2028, prompting cheers from the crowd.
“Listen, I might,” Harris said. “I’m thinking about it.”
The comments by Harris are her most direct comments yet that she is considering running again.
In the Manhattan ballroom, where Harris sat for her conversation with Sharpton, the founder of the civil rights group, chants of “run again” echoed through the room.
“Let me also say this, I served for four years being a heartbeat away from the presidency of the United States … I know what the job is, and I know what it requires,” Harris said.
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She added it’s become increasingly clear to her that the status quo is not working, and it hasn’t been working for a lot of people for a long time.”
“And part of the issue is the need to get rid of some of the bureaucracy in government and to understand that the people … don’t want process, they want progress,” she said.
“Look, the American people have the right to expect that anyone who wants to run for office and be a leader, that it can’t be about themselves and what they want for themselves has to be about the American people,” she added. “And that’s how I think of it and I am thinking about it in the context of … who and where and how can the best job be done for the American people? I’ll keep you posted.”
Early polling of the 2028 presidential race shows Harris at the top of the field, in part because people know who she is and recognize her name more than many of the other potential contestants such as Govs. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Wes Moore of Maryland, as well as Sen. Ruben Gallego.
Harris lost the 2024 presidential election to President Donald Trump after becoming the Democratic nominee when President Joe Biden end his re-election bid after heavy pressure from the party. In 2020, she dropped out of the presidential race before the start of the primary calendar and was later picked as Biden’s vice presidential nominee.
