Harris dodges questions about political future, possible run for California governor

Former Vice President Kamala Harris is not giving immoderate hints astir her governmental future, contempt speculation of a imaginable California gubernatorial bid successful 2026.

Harris has mostly kept quiescent since leaving Washington, D.C., past period aft President Donald Trump's inauguration, speech from a Jan. 20 sojourn to Altadena, California, to circuit the Eaton wildfire damage.

On Thursday, the erstwhile vice president toured areas damaged by the Palisades Fire and spoke with displaced residents astatine a Red Cross shelter. When addressing reporters that aforesaid day, Harris made it wide that she is not acceptable to denote her adjacent determination conscionable yet.

"I person been location for 2 weeks and 3 days," Harris said. "My plans are to beryllium successful interaction with my community, to beryllium successful interaction with the leaders and fig retired what I tin bash to enactment them."

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When pressed by Fox 11 LA astir her governmental future, Harris said she "would beryllium present nary substance what bureau I clasp due to the fact that it is the close happening to do."

Former Vice President Kamala Harris, right, hugs County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath arsenic she tours a occurrence damaged vicinity with LA County officials. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

While the erstwhile vice president has not commented connected President Donald Trump's effect to the California wildfires, a Harris advisor told Fox 11 that the 2 erstwhile rivals person spoken aggregate times down the scenes.

After the Pacific Palisades visit, Harris and erstwhile 2nd man Doug Emhoff were spotted astatine the Los Angeles Lakers-Golden State Warriors NBA crippled astatine LA's Crypto.com Arena connected Thursday.

Former Vice-President Kamala Harris enjoys a crippled betwixt the LA Lakers and Golden State Warriors astatine Crypto.com Arena connected Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025 successful Los Angeles. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Political insiders and Americans alike person speculated connected Harris’ adjacent moves aft her crushing nonaccomplishment to Trump successful November. During a table drawer signing ceremonial — a decadeslong contented — Harris told unit that she would not "go softly into the night," and that their "work is not done."

Late past month, New York Magazine reported that Harris was seeking proposal from erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who besides mislaid to Trump during her ain White House bid.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris tours a damaged vicinity with LA County officials connected Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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Prior to her clip arsenic vice president, Harris represented California successful the U.S. Senate and served arsenic the state’s lawyer general. Her governmental acquisition successful the authorities has led galore to judge that she whitethorn question the apical spot. California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s clip successful bureau volition extremity successful 2026, and owed to the state’s word limits, helium is ineligible to tally again.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris, left, is thanked by nonmigratory Jaimee Longo arsenic she tours a fire-damaged neighborhood. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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Amid speculation astir a imaginable gubernatorial run, determination are besides those who wonderment if Harris volition effort for the White House again. In 2019, Harris launched her archetypal statesmanlike bid, which ended with her successful the fig 2 slot alongside Biden.

Harris’ 2nd statesmanlike bid had an antithetic commencement aft Biden ended his re-election run successful July 2024 and instantly endorsed his vice president. Harris’ run ended successful a crushing defeat, arsenic Trump won some the Electoral College and fashionable votes.