Former Vice President Kamala Harris leads in a hypothetical gubernatorial primary in her home state of California, according to a new poll, but half of voters say they do not think she should

Former Vice President Kamala Harris would enjoy a wide lead over the rest of the field if she were to enter the 2026 race for California governor, according to an Inside California Politics/Emerson College poll released Thursday.

A new poll from Echelon Insights found that Harris’s lead in a hypothetical 2028 Democratic presidential primary race has narrowed since the poll was last taken in March. The poll found that 28% of Democrats would vote for Harris in a hypothetical primary contest, which is down from the 33% who said they would vote for her in March.