Gavin Newsom confirms he is considering 2028 presidential run | Gavin Newsom
California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom said He plans to make a decision on whether to run for president in 2028 after the 2026 midterm elections are over, CBS News Sunday Morning reported.
“Yes, otherwise I would be lying,” Newsom said in response to a question about whether he would seriously consider running for the White House after the 2026 election. “I would be lying. And I can’t do that.”
Newsom’s term as governor ends in January 2027 and he cannot run again due to term limits, but he warned it could be years before a decision is reached.
He said fate will determine this.
The California governor has emerged as a high-profile critic of the Trump administration through his social media accounts and his implementation of a ballot measure that would increase Democrats’ congressional seats in response to Republican redistricting efforts; this move made him a target of critics.
Sean Duffy, Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, accused Newsom of not caring about Californians in an interview with Fox News on Sunday; Duffy announced plans to withdraw federal funds from California and threatened to revoke California’s authority to issue commercial driver’s licenses.
“I’m about to withdraw $160 million from California,” Duffy said after Homeland Security said earlier this week that an undocumented semi-truck driver caused a fatal crash in California that killed three people and injured four. Newsom’s office noted The federal government reauthorized the driver’s employment multiple times, allowing him to obtain a commercial driver’s license under federal law.
Duffy has already announced that he withheld $40 million from California for not enforcing an English language requirement for truck drivers.
“The former D-list reality star, now Secretary of Transportation, still does not understand federal law,” Newsom’s office said in a statement. expression It’s in response to Duffy’s threat last month to withhold federal funds from the state. “By the way, unlike this clown, we’ll stick to the facts: The fatal crash rate for commercial driver’s license holders in California was almost 40% lower than the national average. Texas, the only state with more commercial vehicle owners, has a rate almost 50% higher than California. Facts don’t lie. That’s what the Trump administration is doing.”
A. CBS survey The survey, conducted earlier this month, found that 72 percent of Democrats and 48 percent of registered voters say Newsom should run for president in 2028. Since Trump took office, Newsom’s upside has increased from about 30 percent to an average of 33.5 percent, and his downside has fallen from an average of 40 percent to 38.4 percent. According to Decision Desk Headquarters.
Newsom earlier this year he told CBS On whether he plans to run in 2028, during a trip to several US battleground states: “I have no idea.”
He noted his earlier difficulties in life, including being diagnosed with dyslexia when he was five.
“The idea that a guy who got a 960 on the SAT and still has a hard time reading scripts is always in the back of the classroom, even if you put that aside, is a remarkable idea in itself,” he said. “Who knows? I’m looking forward to who will emerge in 2028 and who will face that moment. That’s the question for the American people.”
