Political analyst Mark Halperin predicted on “The Morning Meeting” Monday that former Vice President Kamala Harris will retire from politics.
Harris is expected to decide on whether to enter the race for the California governorship by the end of the summer, Politico first reported in March, citing two unnamed sources. Halperin forecast on his 2WAY platform that Harris would ultimately not be a candidate in the race, that she would struggle to raise money for another presidential run and would leave politics for good.
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“I think she might get in, but I don’t think she’ll stay in if she gets in. I don’t think she’ll end up being a candidate for governor of California,” Halperin said. “And I think she’ll find it’s so hard raising money to run for president that she’s done with politics would be my guess.”
Co-host Dan Turrentine said he believes Harris’ “hesitation” to decide whether to enter the governor’s race stems from her desire to run for president.
Halperin added that he thinks Harris “doesn’t want to be governor of California.”
“It’s not a great job for her,” he said.
Former “Meet The Press” moderator Chuck Todd also warned Harris on “News Conference” in March about running for governor, arguing it would be challenging for her to win.
“I just don’t see the path for her. I could see an outsider Democrat being able to message this. I think it’s a tough place for her to be,” Todd said at the time. “If I were advising her, I’d tell her: go throw yourself into the rebuild of LA and get involved with the LA Olympic Committee. Be above politics for a couple of years and come back maybe in 2030 or 2032.”
Multiple individuals who have talked to the former vice president told CNN she has solicited their opinions on whether she should pursue the governorship, the outlet reported on Sunday. Multiple close Harris allies told The New York Times in April that she was more inclined to seek the governorship in 2026 than the presidency again in 2028.
Harris lost all seven battleground states and the popular vote to President Donald Trump in November. When she ran for president in 2020, she only received 844 votes in the Democratic primary, obtaining zero delegates in the process, according to archived election data.
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