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California Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed on Sunday that he is specifically considering Bid for presidency in 2028, But he also said his focus is first on helping his party win seats in Congress in the upcoming midterms.
Newsom spoke with Robert Costa on CBS sunday morning And discussed his effort to bring his brand to the national stage, including in red and purple states. The two spoke in California but Newsom was recently As of July in South Carolina – A red state, and also an important early primary state on the Democratic Party’s election calendar.
The governor explained that his focus is currently on the midterms, but told Costa that he would be “lying” if he said he would not consider running for president after the 2026 elections.
“The idea that you would throw that away too [possibility] The outside itself is extraordinary. After all who knows? I’m looking forward to seeing who presents themselves in 2028, and who meets that moment,” Newsom told Costa about running for president in 2028, before being pressed on whether he would consider it after next year.
“Yeah, otherwise I’d be lying. I’d just be lying. And I can’t do that.”
The governor further said that “fate will decide” if he finds what he calls a “compelling ‘why’, or a message central to the political effort on the national stage that will help him find success in a difficult presidential election year.”
Any Democrat running in 2028 is likely to face Donald Trump’s chosen descendant, whether it’s Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, or another conservative Trump-aligned candidate. They will also face the almost certain prospect of a crowded Democratic primary field in a year as the party’s base is angry at their leaders’ poor handling of the 2024 election campaign.
The Governor himself has also warned that the President will try to contest elections for a third term, this is a warning Echoed by the joyous Steve Bannon In an interview last week.
Newsom is one of a small list of Democratic leaders who have emerged at the state level As potential contenders for the top spot on the 2028 ticket, along with others including Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Maryland Governor Wes Moore – although Moore declined to run for president in September, choosing instead to focus on a second term. Former Vice President Kamala Harris confirmed by bbc In an interview last week she said she was also considering a 2028 bid.
In Congress, many younger party members are also emerging as veterans who are standing against the extreme right-wing agenda of the second Trump administration, allowing them to build their national prominence. In the Senate, Democrats such as Chris Murphy, Ruben Gallego and Jon Ossoff have been touted as potential party leaders.
California has allowed Newsom a larger platform to develop his brand on the left; However, Donald Trump and his allies in the administration have made it their priority to challenge leaders from blue states like himself.
Earlier this year, the president battled Newsom in court over the deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles to protect ICE agents conducting immigration raids and facilities housing detainees and personnel. Now he’s waging another battle to send troops to San Francisco. However, the Republican president walked back those threats after talks with the city’s Democratic mayor last week.
Absent governors in another direct battle with the White House over the militarized takeover of US cities. choosing a different fight with the broader GOP As he fired the opening shot of the Democratic response For mid-decade Republican redistricting efforts, an effort by Trump-aligned state leaders to engineer more House seats for a slim Republican majority in the lower chamber of Congress.
After the Texas legislature voted for new maps with the goal of shifting five seats into GOP hands, California’s governor returned with his own bid to sweep the same number of GOP-held seats in his state. Officials from both parties in states across the country are now struggling to find their response to the growing gerrymandering conflict under pressure from a Republican president and a fractious Democratic Party voter base.
“Wake up America,” Newsom warned at an event announcing his redistricting steps in August. “This is a critical moment. Wake up to what’s happening. Wake up to the fear, the anxiety. Wake up to what’s happening.”