NEW YORK — Former Vice President Kamala Harris confirmed she is considering running for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.
“I might,” Harris said in a fireside chat with Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network convention in New York. “I am thinking about it.”
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Harris’s statement that she is mulling another presidential run comes after months of rumors that she was planning to do so after she passed on a 2026 California gubernatorial run.
At one point during her conversation with Sharpton, attendees at the convention broke out in chants for Harris to “run again” before she eventually confirmed she may run in 2028.
Haris was pushed repeatedly to run while addressing the convention, eventually telling the crowd: “I’ll keep you posted.”
“Let me also say this: I served for four years, being a heartbeat away from the presidency of the United States,” Harris said. “I spent countless hours in my West Wing office, footsteps away from the Oval Office. I spent countless hours in the Oval Office, in the Situation Room. I know what the job is, and I know what it requires.”
But Harris said after traveling over the last year throughout the U.S., “One thing I’m really clear about also is the status quo is not working.”
“Part of the issue is the need to get rid of some of the bureaucracy in government and to understand that the people want — they don’t want process,” Harris said. “They want progress, and that’s the work that needs to be done.”
The convention has become an unofficial cattle call for the 2028 Democratic presidential hopefuls as the annual gathering allows them to address thousands of civil rights leaders, media figures, and advocates working to advance issues important to black and brown communities.
Black voters are the most loyal voting bloc for Democrats, which may explain why Harris made the statement that she was considering a 2028 run at the convention, sitting beside Sharpton, a longtime civil rights activist.
“Compared to what we got, there’s no comparison. She’s smart, she’s young, all those things matter,” James Bugg, 83, a New York retiree, told the Washington Examiner before Harris’s announcement. “I hope she runs again.”
“If she did, she would be a good candidate,” said Cheryl Eliano, 68, national vice president for the American Federation of Government Employees District 10, from Texas. “If she makes the primary, and she’s the one that is still standing, I’ll vote for her again.”
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Harris is also facing several other potential 2028 challengers, including fellow Californian Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA), Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), and Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), many of whom also spoke in New York this week.
The former vice president had the biggest crowd of the potential 2028 hopefuls at the conference. But with two more years to go until the 2028 race, there may be other Democrats who tip closer to running for president.
