Harris’s campaign tell-all short on lessons to avoid future Democratic defeat

Published September 23, 2025 9:33am ET



Former Vice President Kamala Harris has an explanation for what went wrong with her 2024 presidential campaign: It wasn’t her fault.

At various points, Harris has blamed former President Joe Biden, White House officials who didn’t do a good enough job advertising her accomplishments as vice president, her running mate, other Democrats she considered to be her running mate, the truncated campaign calendar (that’s the reason her book is titled 107 Days), and the voters themselves for her failure to close the deal against President Donald Trump.

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