Gina Raimondo considering presidential bid

Former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo (D) said she would consider running for president in 2028. 

She made the comment during remarks at an event focused on tariffs, trade and tech hosted by the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. 

“I've dedicated 15 years to public service. And if I think there's a big way for me to serve again, including running, I'll do it,” Raimondo said in conversation with David Axelrod.

“But this is, but I also, if I thought somebody else would be better or better able to win, I'd get behind that person in a minute. Because this is, like, the stakes are high. And this is going to be really hard,” she added. 

Raimondo served in the Biden administration and as Rhode Island's governor prior to that. She was interviewed as Biden's potential running mate but was ultimately passed over due to a low national profile. 

However, since concluding her Cabinet role, Raimondo has remained vocal about politics and the state of her party. 

“For us to have a chance, it has to be just that right person at that right moment to make it happen,” she told Axelrod. 

Earlier in their discussion, she urged Democrats to reflect on their values collectively, in hopes of regaining the attention of the American working class voter.

“The Democratic Party has a huge amount of work to do. Introspection, like you said. Where did we go wrong? What are our policies going to be? What is our platform going to be? What will our tactics be?” Raimondo said.

“You know, how will we overcome this impression that we're elitist, we're out of touch, we don't have our sense on the culture?”

Fellow party members have been working to address the same questions after their loss in November that gave Republicans the White House in addition to a majority in both chambers of Congress.