Former Biden official threatens to crush Kamala Harris dream of running for governor of California

 A erstwhile furniture authoritative for President Joe Biden announced his determination Thursday to tally for politician of California connected Thursday, which threatens to upend erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris' dreams of succeeding Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra announced his determination to tally for Governor of California, the highest-ranking Democratic governmental fig successful the state.

'I watched my parents — a operation idiosyncratic and a clerical idiosyncratic — execute the California dream,' Becerra said successful his announcement video. 'Can we bash that contiguous with this affordability crisis?' 

The erstwhile caput emphasized his grounds arsenic Attorney General of California, reminding voters helium took connected the archetypal medication of President Donald Trump successful court.  

 '[I]'ve taken connected these pugnacious fights,' helium said. 'We tin bash that, but you request a person who tin beryllium tough.' 

If Becerra wins, helium would beryllium the state’s archetypal Latino politician successful 150 years.  

Harris has remained quiescent astir her governmental aboriginal aft losing to President Donald Trump successful 2024, arsenic she arsenic instructed aides to support her governmental options open.

The erstwhile vice president inactive maintains popularity successful California contempt the nationwide rejection of voters successful swing states and her nonaccomplishment of the fashionable ballot against Trump.

Becerra's entranceway into the contention suggests helium is not disquieted that Harris volition tally for politician oregon that helium tin inactive beryllium a competitory campaigner if she does. 

 Other imaginable candidates are waiting for Harris to uncover her intentions earlier making their decision. 

The Democratic superior for the contention is scheduled for June 2, 2026, with the wide election scheduled for November.

Harris has ever been fashionable successful California, easy beating Democratic challengers successful her contention for Attorney General and her contention for Senator of California.

Her 2020 contention for president, however, failed spectacularly arsenic she ended her run earlier the Iowa caucuses and the California primary.

After losing her statesmanlike campaign, Harris organized immoderate of her trusted aides into the enactment Pioneer49, portion she explores her governmental future. 

Harris and Newsom person agelong been considered 'frenemies' successful California, each trying to debar competing with each different successful governmental races. 

Both candidates were considering a tally for California politician successful 2016, but yet went successful antithetic directions. 

Newsom chose to tally for politician of California portion Harris ran for the state's Senate seat to regenerate the retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer. 

Harris could yet look Newsom successful the 2028 Democratic statesmanlike primary, if she chooses to tally again for president aft coming up abbreviated successful 2024. 

The erstwhile vice president warned of the 'flames connected our horizons,' the 'rising waters successful our cities,' and 'the shadows gathering implicit our democracy,' during a code to the NAACP successful February. 

'Our spot flows from our religion — religion successful God, religion successful each other, and our refusal to surrender to cynicism and destruction,' she said. 'Not due to the fact that it is easy, but due to the fact that it is necessary. Not due to the fact that triumph is guaranteed, but due to the fact that the combat is worthy it.'