November 4, 2036
The Governor
He'd done it. The youngest Maryland governor, ever, had become the youngest U.S. president ever.
After 8 years of Trump, America had gotten hope back in the form of Kamala Harris, but after Stefanik won in '32, America had again lost its way. Now, progressivism was back.
At his rally in his hometown, a quaint small town in northern Maryland, the President-elect prepared to give his speech. He sent the next Vice President, Michigan Senator Jewell Jones, out to give the introduction. Before he spoke, he pulled up the New York Times on his SmartSpectacles. The (Atlas) red needle shined into his retina. The map was fantastic; it had been a blowout. He'd held the Northwest, of course, even ME-02 and New Hampshire, as his middle class roots played well there. Jones hadn't helped in the Midwest except in his home state, but that didn't matter. He'd built on the Jones Coalition in the south, and the Harris coalition in the southwest. Oh, and he'd taken 54.4% of the popular vote, more than any president since Reagan (narrowly edging out Harris's 54.1% victory in '24).
Stefanik might have been a disaster, but America had a new President now.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the 48th President of the United States!"
