Predictions for the 2028 Republican primary field?
Tekken_Guy:
What are your predictions for the 2028 Republican primary field?
ShadowRocket:
I'm probably missing a few:
Ron DeSantis
Nikki Haley
Glenn Youngkin
JD Vance
Josh Hawley
Tim Scott
Ted Cruz
Tom Cotton
Mike Pompeo
Greg Abbott
Brian Kemp
Elise Stefanik
Kristi Noem
Matt Gaetz (if he's not elected Governor of FL in 2026)
Margorie Taylor Greene
Compuzled_One:
It'll probably be the largest field ever-maybe up to 50 candidates. Trump will run again if he's alive. Beyond that, the field of this year will run, Cruz and Rubio will make a shot, and Brian Kemp could try to lock down the Anti-Trump wing (which by that point will likely return to the party).
Del Tachi:
Assuming Trump wins, his VP would have the inside track to being the early frontrunner. That's maybe Elise Stefanik, Tim Scott or Joni Ernst.
Other possibilities include:
Greg Abbott
Tom Cotton
Ted Cruz
Ron DeSantis
Greg Gianforte
Kari Lake (assuming she wins AZ-SEN)
Kristi Noem
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
J.D. Vance
Glenn Youngkin
Brian Kemp is not somebody who has any ambition beyond Atlanta. Governor is his career-topping gig.
dw93:
If Biden Wins:
There's a somewhat legitimate debate in the GOP after Inauguration 2025 as to whether the party should move beyond MAGA. Roughly half decide to stay the course, the other half wanna move on but aren't in agreement as to how to do it. At this point Trump's running mate IMO is either gonna be Stefanik or Noem, whichever one gets it will make a run as the "heir apparent," but running mate or not I can see Stefanik sitting it out and attempting to work her way up in the House leadership ranks. Vance, Hawley, and possibly Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Marjorie Taylor Green, and Matt Gaetz make a run for the MAGA vote too. Tim Scott and possibly Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio make a go as the in between MAGA and Never Trump candidates, which goes nowhere. Youngkin and, if Youngkin proves to be a paper tiger early enough, Brian Kemp run from the Anti Trump wing, which will likely be stronger in the aftermath of a Trump loss. If Trump is alive and well enough to play kingmaker, whichever MAGA candidate strokes his massive ego and kisses the ring the most gets the endorsement and the nomination, if he isn't, the MAGA vote splits and a Youngkin or Kemp get nominated.
If Trump wins:
Whoever he picks as VP is likely gonna be his handpicked successor, unless said VP crosses him, in which case he'd just crown another MAGA goon to take the nomination. Hell there's a good chance his VP will be the incumbent President and end up running unopposed for the nomination.
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