Kamala Harris has reportedly decided to run for president


Yet another Democrat is poised to jump into the 2020 pool.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) has decided she will run for president in 2020, KCBS Radio reported Thursday. No official announcement has been made, but this report claims she will unveil her plans at a rally "on or around" Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan 21.
There's some conflicting information about this aspect of the report, though, with both Politico and The New York Times reporting that Harris' announcement isn't set for Martin Luther King Day weekend. Still, it certainly sounds like Harris has made up her mind about running, since no one in her camp is denying that she'll be announcing her bid soon. A Politico source merely said that a "formal announcement date is not settled" and the Times reported that "she's expected to announce in coming weeks."
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Harris, who was elected to the Senate in 2016 after previously serving as California's attorney general, had said she would make her 2020 decision "over the holiday" and would do so "with my family," Politico reported. Harris said in a Wednesday interview with CNN that she would make her decision "soon."
A December CNN poll found Harris polling slightly ahead of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who also plans to run in 2020, although both earned less than five percent of Democratic respondents' support.
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Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.
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