Well, sports fans, how about this scenario — long-time frenemies Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris facing off for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination three years hence?

The two Californians’ parallel careers launched in San Francisco nearly three decades ago with the city’s storied political kingpin, Willie Brown, mentoring both. Since then, they have carefully avoided direct conflicts while maintaining at least a veneer of mutual support.

However, on Sunday both strongly hinted at presidential campaigns in 2028 — Harris for the third time after falling short in 2020 and losing to Donald Trump in 2024, and Newsom for the first time after repeatedly disavowing interest in the White House during seven years as governor.

Newsom escalated his status as a potential candidate in a pre

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