House Dems size up 2028 Senate map after midterm landslide
Current and former House Democrats, flush with victory following their landslide midterm wins, are already looking at potential opportunities to run for Senate in 2028, Axios has learned.
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- But some in the party's centrist wing believe Nixon's left-wing politics and her affiliation with the Democratic Socialists of America may have cost her in a Democratic wave year and are looking to recruit elsewhere.
- Why it matters: Democrats' 2026 romp — with wins in Texas, South Carolina, Kansas and possibly even Mississippi — has some party members reevaluating what were once considered impossible targets.
- Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), who won reelection in a district Trump carried by nine points in 2024 and is often mentioned as a potential candidate for statewide office, is in the mix, sources said.
Senate seat last week in a nearly 20-percentage-point landslide over Republican Michael Whatley.
Wiley Nickel, who was elected Wake County district attorney on Tuesday, would consider a Senate run if state Attorney General Jeff Jackson doesn't, a source close to him told Axios.
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- "All options are on the table," the source said, adding that Davids' "focus right now is on delivering actual results and overcoming the chaos from these extreme policies we're seeing." Sen.
- Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) — who was reelected by 21 percentage points in a district former Vice President Harris carried by four points in 2024 — did not rule out her running against Sen.
- Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) told Axios in a statement: "I am thinking hard about my next steps and will be having that conversation with my family and supporters." Said former Rep.
- Angie Nixon is already hinting at a 2028 run against Republican Sen.
- Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) was defeated by Democrat Adam Hamilton last week, marking the first time in nearly a century a Democrat has been elected to the U.S.
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