ANTALYA, Turkey — California Gov. Gavin Newsom now has a target date for settling the question of a 2028 White House campaign. Speaking Thursday on the sidelines of the COP31 United Nations climate conference, the Democrat said he will make up his mind in early January.
Newsom said he plans to spend the next several weeks with his family first and then announce what he will do at the start of the new year. It is the most specific timetable he has offered after months of talk about a possible run.
The governor is term-limited and leaves office in January. He has said previously he would not enter the race if former Vice President Kamala Harris, a fellow California Democrat, decides to seek the nomination again.
Newsom also cast last week midterm elections as a sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump and said Democrats now need to show voters a clear, positive alternative.
His trip to the summit has focused on state climate policy. He met with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva about expanding California climate work with Brazil, and his office announced a new climate agreement with Portugal. Wildfire was also on the agenda: Newsom and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, toured a Turkish forestry training site to compare notes on fighting fires.
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