The road to the 2028 GOP nomination: Vance will be extremely difficult to beat, but someone will try

Published March 27, 2026 5:12am ET



As soon as the networks declared Donald Trump the winner of the 2024 presidential election, attention shifted to 2028. Most of the focus so far has been on the Democrats. Which, when you think about it, makes sense.

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