Kamala Harris Struggling To Gain Support for California Gov. Run

[Bunchy Carter]

Kamala Harris is ramping up her outreach. ‘No one is incredibly pumped.’​

Some party funders have privately shared their ambivalence as the former vice president ramps up her outreach ahead of a potential run for governor.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris delivers the keynote speech at the Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala in San Francisco, on April 30, 2025. | Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP

By Melanie Mason and Jeremy B. White
06/27/2025 05:55 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES — Kamala Harris is ramping up her outreach to longtime supporters as she weighs a run for California governor. But many Democratic donors aren’t enthusiastic, still hobbled by the hangover of her presidential loss.

Some party funders have privately shared that ambivalence with each other as Harris has embarked on a quiet schedule of thank you visits, catch-up calls and listening sessions, touching base with her most trusted supporters as she weighs her options. The former vice president has tasked aides with exploring several paths, including not just a campaign for political office but also a philanthropic venture.

In interviews, several major donors in the state told POLITICO they fear her reemergence as a candidate would re-open still-fresh wounds from her defeat in 2024. Some harbor lingering frustration about how her billion-dollar campaign juggernaut ended in debt and want assurances she would have a clear plan to win the governor’s mansion. Others are impatient for Harris to start publicly making her case for why she’d want the job.

“There was more enthusiasm at first,” said Mather Martin, a San Francisco-based fundraiser who has worked for past Harris campaigns. “I think it waned a bit.”
One California Democrat who contributed six-figures to her presidential bid said a Harris candidacy would only serve as a reminder of how “traumatizing” the last election was.

Read more @ https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/27/california-donors-kamala-harris-governor-00428797

 

[karim]

Why is this racist MAGA cac in digital black face still allowed to post here?

 

[TEH]

She’s like Hillary meaning there’s something missing about her charisma. She doesn’t connect with people in a way that a lot of other politicians do.

 

[King Poetic]

Even Californians are tired of abortion rights and alphabet rights

Just relax and write a book on how oprah, the Obamas, beyonce and the rest of these fools abandoned you after the L

 

[Ol’Otis]

Get a load of this loser

 

[Voice of Reason]

OP is a Tariq glazer and his daddy Tariq has radicalized him to hate this lady.

Kamala and the Dems have big problems when it comes to the FBA/ADOS community but I'm tired of you idiots never having smoke for Trump or the republicans.

 

[karim]

He’s like Hillary.

Translation: She's a woman, so Republicans ran a misogynistic smear campaign against her and the media lapped it up.

 

[Dem313wayz]

Her political career is over and that's okay. Right a book and make money doing speeches

 

[ba'al]

Even Californians are tired of abortion rights and alphabet rights

Just relax and write a book on how oprah, the Obamas, beyonce and the rest of these fools abandoned you after the L

I hope she doesn't do that. I'm not democrat but after Trump nobody should be saying anything about Obama including Michelle.

Obama doesn't deserve the hate he be getting and I'm saying this as a bothsider.

 

[jadillac]

He’s like Hillary meaning there’s something missing about her charisma. She doesn’t connect with people in a way that a lot of other politicians do.

The reality is that ppl are easily fooled and like being hoodwinked. That's why Trump is "perfect"

 

[ba'al]

The reality is that ppl are easily fooled and like being hoodwinked. That's why Trump is "perfect"

Trump isn't perfect he comes off as authentic compared to some other politicians. And for some people that's a plus. I think more mature voters don't care much about their politicians personality moreso their policies and plans for the country.

Obama came off as authentic even when he was being fake like pretending to drink that dirty ass Flint water that water even in the glass was looking nasty as hell but some how he pulled that off.

 

[TEH]

Translation: She's a woman, so Republicans ran a misogynistic smear campaign against her and the media lapped it up.

Voice to text

I made a mistake

Get off your fukking high horse

 

[Pure Water]

Gone head and take that private corporate gig, love. It's over.

 

[Amo Husserl]

Ignore reality. I feel bad for her, I really do 'cause this should have been expected.
She can't rebrand so soon after a monumental loss like this. Cali 'bout to have trouble if they don't get a Dem next year.

 

[Seoul Gleou]

How can this be? She's a serial winner who won the 2020 primaries and barely lost the federal election to a convict