Newsom to decide whether he’s running for president in ‘early January’

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Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) said he will decide in early January 2027 whether to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028, putting a timetable on a decision that has fueled speculation about his political future for more than a year.

“I’ll make the determination at the beginning of the year,” Newsom said in an interview Thursday with Turkey’s Anadolu news agency while attending the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Antalya. “So we’ll spend the next few weeks with the family and make a decision early January.”

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