In a new poll from the staunchly progressive The Hill, failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris leads the field in the race for California governor in 2026 at a whopping 57%. Embattled incumbent Gavin Newsom is at the end of his term-limited run as leader of the Golden State, which is just as well given his botched handling of the recent tragic Los Angeles fires.
Newsom's favorability polled at 46% in late January, with 47% unfavorable, a sharp decline from highs of over 60%.
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Although Harris has yet to announce her intentions to run, it would be a natural landing for the Democratic nominee in the landslide 2024 presidential election. Harris is a native Californian, born in Oakland, and has served as the state's district attorney, attorney general, and senator.
Last year, Harris lost the presidential election to Donald Trump with a final Electoral College vote tally of 226 to 312. She also lost the popular election by well over two million votes.
As reported by The Hill, Harris' closest competition, were she to enter the race, would come from former Rep. Katie Porter. For the sake of clarity, Porter is not the "throuple" Katie--that was former California Rep. Katie Hill. Porter, however, has her own unfortunate public moments, including allegations of physically and mentally abusing her ex-husband, and telling a hard to believe story on a national news program:
NEW: CA Rep. Katie Porter says her 12 year old daughter came home crying after Trump won, said she was afraid of not being able to get an abortion if she got r*ped.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 10, 2024
Porter is an awful mother assuming this is true.
“I went to pick up my daughter from water polo practice and… pic.twitter.com/5qxGvSayI7
Other candidates trailed in the lower single digits.
Former Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), who left the House to mount an unsuccessful Senate bid last year, followed at 9 percent support.
Ex-Speaker of the California State Assembly Antonio Villaraigosa (D) and sitting Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalaki (D) brought in 4 percent each, and another 17 percent were undecided.
In other words, it's Kamala's race for the taking. The only question is if, at 60, she wants to take over in a state recovering from a major disaster, with crumbling infrastructure, in the middle of her nemesis' mandate-stamped second term.
At least in this race, there would be no need for the DNC to remove her Democratic opposition to avoid a primary.
