Harris won’t run for California governor next year, but doesn’t rule out future in politics

by Dan McMenamin, Bay City News July 30, 2025July 30, 2025

FILE: Former Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the 40th Annual Black History Month Virtual Celebration on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Washington, D.C. California's onetime Attorney General and Bay Area native who became the Democratic Party nominee for president last year has ruled out a run for California's governor's office in 2026. (Lawrence Jackson/White House via Bay City News)

Former Vice President and Bay Area native Kamala Harris announced Wednesday she will not run for governor in next year’s election.

Harris, who became the Democratic nominee for president in 2024 after President Joe Biden announced he would not seek re-election, lost to Republican Donald Trump in November’s election.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.

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