The moves comes as Sen. Kamala Harris stepped onto the 2020 stage Tuesday, beginning with a book tour and sitting for several broadcast media appearances. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images 2020 Election Harris closes state campaign arm ahead of possible presidential run

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), moving closer to an anticipated presidential announcement, has shuttered her state campaign committee and is donating its roughly $1 million balance to a host of organizations, POLITICO has learned.

The decision to close down the nascent “Harris for Governor 2026” committee — which essentially served as an account to park money she raised while serving as the state attorney general, before she was elected senator in 2016 — represents the latest sign that she’s gearing up for a White House run.


Harris, a source with knowledge of her plans told POLITICO, will donate the leftover balance to 19 organizations, including $75,000 to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights; $100,000 to displaced firefighters and a foundation that looks after fallen firefighters; $50,000 to Swords to Plowshares; $50,000 to the Anti-Recidivism Coalition; $100,000 to the Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade; and $75,000 to the National Domestic Workers Alliance.

Harris was not expected to run for governor in 2026, but by releasing the money she is ending speculation about electoral plans in her state. Candidates and officeholders maintain separate state and federal committees, given the different laws governing how they can raise and spend money.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who last week launched an exploratory campaign for president and followed that announcement with a weekend trip to Iowa, is in the process of shutting down her joint fundraising committee.

The moves comes as the freshman senator stepped onto the 2020 stage Tuesday, beginning with a book tour and sitting for several broadcast media appearances.

Appearing on ABC’s “The View,” Harris teased an upcoming announcement, saying that although she was “very tempted,” she was “not yet ready.”

“So, I’m pleased to announce on ‘The View’ that I’m not ready to make my announcement,” she joked.