Midterm winners reshape early field for the 2028 White House race
What's new: Jon Ossoff, Josh Shapiro and JB Pritzker gained momentum, while JD Vance took blame for GOP losses tied to the Iran war.
Results from the 2026 midterms are already reshaping the early contest for the 2028 presidential race, lifting several Democrats and weakening some Republicans tied to Donald Trump. In Georgia, Sen. Jon Ossoff won by a sizable margin in a competitive state, while Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro cruised to reelection and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker secured another win after a campaign seen by local pundits as a test run. On the Republican side, Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders held their seats by narrower margins. Exit polls pointed to voter anger at the Trump administration, and Vice President JD Vance argued on X that “the reason we lost is the war,” referring to the politically damaging Iran conflict.