Newsom Says He Is Considering A 2028 Presidential Bid

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has finally broken his silence on a potential 2028 presidential run after months of rumors.

"I'd be lying otherwise," Newsom, 58, said during an interview with CBS Sunday Morning. "I'd be lying, and I'm, I can't do that."

Newsom says he will likely consider a bid for the U.S. presidency more seriously after the 2026 midterms.

The news comes as former Vice President Kamala Harris told the BBC Saturday that she would "possibly" run for president again.

According to a Polymarket poll, Newsom has a 23 percent chance of winning the 20218 Presidential Election.

During his interview with CBS, Newsom said for now he is focused on helping his party regain control of the House of Representatives. If Democrats are unsuccessful during the 2026 midterms, Newsom said the U.S. could be in for a third Trump term.

“If you have a Speaker Johnson, we may have a third term of President Trump, I really believe that.”

But if Democrats are able to claw their way back the governor said President Donald Trump's presidency would "defacto end."

“Finally, you have rebalanced the system, coequal branch of government begins to assert itself, it appears again,” he said.

Newsom's term limit in California will end in January 2027.

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When asked about his reasoning behind a potential White House bid, Newsom told CBS "fate will determine that."

"I have no idea," he told CBS as of whether or not he will run. "The idea that a guy who got 960 on his SAT, that still struggles to read scripts, that was always in the back of the classroom, the idea that you would even throw that out is, in and of itself, extraordinary. Who the hell knows? I'm looking forward to who presents themselves in 2028 and who meets that moment. And that's the question for the American people."

Since Trump reassumed office earlier this year, Newsom has become one of the president's loudest critics and has garnered more national attention for it.

He has made appearances in key battleground states including South Carolina.

Arguably, its his social media that has called more attention to the governor in recent months, with its use of random capitalizations, personal attacks and AI-generated images — all to mock Trump's style of social media posting.

Earlier this year, Newsom also succeeded in engaging both sides of the political divide when he launched his own podcast, "This Is Gavin Newsom," where he openly broke ranks to agree with conservatives on some issues.

In March, Newsom appeared on an episode of "Real Time With Bill Maher," where he took aim at his own party, calling the Democratic brand “toxic,” “judgmental,” and lacking maturity in its approach to cancel culture.

Maher, a moderate-leaning Democrat, praised Newsom for his new podcast.

On his podcast, Newsom notably hosted conservative figures like Trump's first campaign architect Steve Bannon and Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk, who died in a public shooting last month.

Newsom was among the first to respond publicly to Kirk's death on Sept. 10.

“I knew Charlie, and I admired his passion and commitment to debate," Newsom wrote in a statement. "His senseless murder is a reminder of how important it is for all of us, across the political spectrum, to foster genuine discourse on issues that deeply affect us all without resorting to political violence."

In the Sunday interview, Newsom said his focus is on passing Proposition 50, a measure he hopes will eventually help Democrats regain control of the House.

"I think it's about our democracy. It's about the future of this republic. I think it's about, you know, what the Founding Fathers lived and died for, this notion of the rule of law, and not the rule of Don," Newsom said.

If voters approve the measure, California would redraw its congressional maps through 2030, potentially giving Democrats up to five additional seats. Newsom has cast the effort as a defense of democracy and a direct counter to a Trump-backed gerrymandering push in Texas aimed at bolstering Republican power.

Redistricting, the process of redrawing voting district boundaries to determine which voters are grouped for elections, is typically done every 10 years based on census results.

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