With speculation about the future Presidential Election of 2028 heating up, as we near the Midterm Congressional and Gubernatorial Elections of 2026, Reid J. Epstein of the NY Times published on May 13 an exhaustive list of potential contenders in both parties, totaling the “crazy” number of 62 individuals—30 Democrats and 32 Republicans.
This author and blogger thinks this massive list is “off the wall”, and that the vast number of these potential 62 contenders will never even announce a Presidential candidacy.
However,there are some who are intriguing on the Democratic Party side.
Newcomers who have to prove themselves by winning in November
James Talarico of Texas, Senate
Graham Platner of Maine, Senate
Rob Sand of Iowa, Governor
Democrats in office who would be fascinating candidates
Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, Senator
Jon Ossoff of Georgia, Senator
Jason Crow of Colorado, House of Representatives
Realistically, of the above list, the only likely contenders who would announce for President would be Slotkin and Ossoff.
However, there is speculation that Talarico, who has really inspired and excited many about his prospects, could end up running for Vice President, as after all, Vice President JD Vance only had one and a half years in office as Ohio Senator, before being tapped for the Vice Presidency.
And also, Barack Obama announced for President only two years after winning his Illinois Senate seat, and became President after four years of service.