Democratic donors, political observers and potential rivals are waiting - with waning patience - for Kamala Harris to decide whether or not she will run for governor. The former vice president and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee has set an end-of-summer deadline to make her decision.

In the spring, Harris promised an “end of summer” decision on whether she would run for Governor of California next year, or whether she would stay out of that race in order to make another run at the White House in 2028.