Will Kamala Harris lead Democrats in the 2028 US presidential election? This is what she says

Kamala Harris is not ruling out another run for the White House.

In an interview with the BBC, Ms Harris said she expects a woman will be president in the coming years, and it could “possibly” be her.

“I am not done,” she said.

The former vice-president said she has not decided whether to mount a 2028 presidential campaign.

But she dismissed the suggestion that she would face long odds.

“I have lived my entire career a life of service and it’s in my bones. And there are many ways to serve,” she said.

“I’ve never listened to polls.”

“If I listened to polls I would have not run for my first office, or my second office - and I certainly wouldn’t be sitting here.”

Ms Harris has started to take a very clear stance on her 2024 US presidential election campaign, claiming what she warned would happen if US President Donald Trump was elected has started to eventuate.

“He said he would weaponise the Department of Justice - and he has done exactly that,” she told BBC.

“You look at what has happened in terms of how he has weaponised, for example, federal agencies going around after political satirists… His skin is so thin he couldn’t endure criticism from a joke, and attempted to shut down an entire media organisation in the process.”

Responding to her comments, the White House said Ms Harris should take the hint from her “landslide” defeat.

“When Kamala Harris lost the election in a landslide, she should’ve taken the hint - the American people don’t care about her absurd lies,” spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told the BBC.

“Or maybe she did take the hint and that’s why she’s continuing to air her grievances to foreign publications.”

She has recently given a series of interviews following the September release of her book 107 Days.

The book looks back on her experience replacing then-president Joe Biden as the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee after he dropped out of the race.

She ultimately lost to Republican Mr Trump.

In an interview with the Associated Press last week, Ms Harris, 60, also made clear that running again in 2028 is still on the table.

She said she sees herself as a leader of the party, including in pushing back against Mr Trump and preparing for the 2026 midterms.

Meanwhile, political jockeying among Democrats for the 2028 presidential contest appears to be playing out even earlier than usual.

Several potential candidates are already taking steps to get to know voters in key states, including California governor Gavin Newsom, term-limited Kentucky governor Andy Beshear and California representative Ro Khanna.

Upwards of 30 high-profile Democrats could ultimately enter the primary.