Former Vice President Kamala Harris is setting a timetable to make a major decision about her political future, but will she run in 2026 to succeed California Gov. Gavin Newsom or seek the White House again in 2028?

If California Democrats select Kamala Harris to be the next governor of the Golden State, she will have won the first effective Democratic primary of the 2028 presidential race. And somewhere, Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown will be muttering, “Wait, what happened?”