Newsom and Harris both position themselves as potential 2028 White House contenders

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California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Vice President Kamala Harris both remarked in the past few days that they're keeping their options open for potential 2028 presidential runs. "Yeah, I'd be lying otherwise," Newsom told " CBS News Sunday Morning " when asked if he would give "serious thought" to a 2028 presidential run after the 2026 midterms. "I'd just be lying. And I'm not — I can't do that." "I have no idea," Newsom said of whether he would decide to run, adding that he has not let academic struggles from across his life prevent him from working to ascend the political ladder. "The idea that a guy who got 960 on his SAT, that still struggles to read scripts, that was always in the back of the classroom, the idea that you would even throw that out is, in and of itself, extraordinary. Who the hell knows? I'm looking forward to who presents themselves in 2028 and who meets that moment. And that's the question for the American people." Newsom long has been floated as a likely Democrat nominee for the presidency, most notably after the unprecedented 2024 race when President Joe Biden dropped out of the running amid heightened concerns over his mental acuity, and then-Vice President Harris took up the mantle in his absence. President Donald Trump ultimately swept the seven battleground states and won the popular vote and the Electoral College. GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM REVEALS WHEN HE'LL START THINKING ABOUT A POTENTIAL 2028 RUN Harris also left the door open to a potential 2028 presidential run while speaking with the BBC in an interview that aired Saturday. Harris is a longtime California Democrat who has served as San Francisco district attorney, the California attorney general, and a U.S. senator representing California before ascending the political landscape as the nation's vice president in 2021. "I am not done," Harris told the UK outlet. "I have lived my entire career as a life of service, and it’s in my bones." Harris said during the interview that he…