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Key Figures

The 2028 presidential election takes place on November 7, 2028. Donald Trump is constitutionally ineligible to run — the 22nd Amendment bars anyone from being elected president more than twice, regardless of whether the terms are consecutive. The Republican primary field will be fully open for the first time since 2016 without an incumbent. Potential Republican candidates include JD Vance (who would be completing his first term as Vice President), Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, and others. The Democratic field will depend heavily on whether the party nominates a challenger in 2028 or rallies behind an establishment figure. All 435 House seats and 33 Senate seats are also on the ballot.

Special Senate elections in Florida and Ohio fill the unexpired terms of Marco Rubio and JD Vance, who resigned to join the Trump administration. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Ashley Moody to hold Rubio''s Class 3 seat. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appointed Jon Husted to hold Vance''s Class 3 seat. Both Moody and Husted stand for election on November 3, 2026. The seats run through January 2029, when the full six-year terms end. Democrats view both seats as potential pickup opportunities given the anti-incumbent environment.

Six major governorships open due to term limits in 2026: California (Gavin Newsom termed out), Florida (Ron DeSantis termed out), Michigan (Gretchen Whitmer termed out), Ohio (Mike DeWine termed out), Georgia (Brian Kemp termed out), and potentially Texas if Greg Abbott retires. Of 36 total governor races, Sabato''s Crystal Ball rates Arizona, Michigan, and Wisconsin as genuine toss-ups heading into the general election. Democrats already flipped Virginia''s governorship in November 2025 with Abigail Spanberger''s win. Republicans hold 26 governorships entering the cycle; Democrats hold 24.

Florida holds its primary election on August 18, 2026, for governor and other offices. Ron DeSantis is term-limited and cannot run for a third consecutive term. U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds entered the Republican primary on February 25, 2025, as the first major Republican candidate. Other Republican contenders include former Florida House Speaker Paul Renner and Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins. Florida''s general election strongly favors Republicans, but the primary is competitive. Democrats view the seat as unlikely to flip given the state''s partisan lean after DeSantis''s 2022 landslide.

Old Memphis Cemetery, a historic African American cemetery in Palmetto, Florida, was vandalized, with gravesites damaged and political graffiti referencing Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis spray-painted on tombs. No arrests had been made at the time of Reuters reporting, so the event is inserted as a provisional hate-crime and political-vandalism record rather than attributed to a specific politician or campaign.