Kamala Harris has reportedly been getting pushback about launching a 2028 presidential bid – and even her husband, Doug Emhoff, doesn’t want to see her run for the White House again.
Emhoff has privately told people that he would prefer for his wife to stay out of the 2028 presidential race, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
However, people close to the former second gentleman expect him to be supportive if she ultimately decides to run, according to the outlet.
Harris’ doubters extend beyond those living under the same roof as her.
Some donors – uneasy about what Harris is planning on doing – have told her directly that a 2028 White House run would be “a long shot.”
The former vice president is coming off a dismal 2024 election performance against President Trump.
Harris lost the popular vote, Electoral College and every swing state to Trump last cycle, despite raising an eye-popping $1.5 billion toward her doomed candidacy.
However, the former vice president still leads the hypothetical Democratic field by double-digits in virtually every recent 2028 poll.
Harris maintains she has not made a decision on whether to mount a third run at the presidency, but appears to be laying the groundwork for another White House campaign.
Ahead of the midterms, Harris has made the rounds at Democratic fundraisers, including private events for Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate David Crowley and Nevada gubernatorial candidate Aaron Ford, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Just last week, Harris hopped on a call with the Democratic National Committee and more than 2,000 volunteers, urging them to help with the get-out-the-vote effort in a dozen states.
“I have not decided if I’m going to run again,” she said at a NAACP event in Michigan last month. “I do sincerely believe ’28 won’t matter if we don’t get through ’26.”
Some Harris allies who have known and worked with the former vice president are “skeptical” she’ll run for president again.
Earlier this year, Harris and Emhoff splurged on a ritzy, $8 million Malibu mansion.
The former second gentleman has also landed a job at the Los Angeles law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, where he is a partner.
Harris’ office and Emhoff did not immediately respond to The Post’s requests for comment.
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