We’ve been doing looks at the 2028 Democratsic Presidential nomination sweepstakes contestants …
Californa Gov. Newsom leads the pack…
But others ARE in the early running….
Below is a look at Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear….
“For those craving normalcy, he is their answer,” said John Morgan, a Democratic donor and injury lawyer, who recently met with Beshear and found him to be impressive.
Morgan says he has a “very good chance” of winning a presidential contest, should he choose to enter, highlighting the governor’s “authenticity.”
“He has won 3 times in a very red state,” Morgan said. “He knows the path.”
The 48-year-old Beshear isn’t yet a household name, but he has steadily ascended behind the scenes, operatives say.
He’s the chair of the Democratic Governors Association for the midterms next year, a powerful spot that ensures he will be traveling the country, meeting with key Democrats on the ground and appearing at political events in key states….
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“If you are staring at the cost of your child’s prescription and wondering how you are going to pay for both it and your family’s dinner, the offense of the day in Washington D.C. or the latest crazy thing a politician said just isn’t as important,” the governor wrote, adding that there’s a trust leaders must earn not only in their messaging but also in their every day actions”
Beshear pointed to his own success, including winning Kentucky by 5 points in 2023, a year before Trump carried the state by 30 points. Beshear grew his margin of victory from less than 1 percent in 2019, and won Breathitt County — where Vice President Vance’s family has roots — by 22 points.
As Democrats battle internally over whether to move to the left or the center, some argue Beshear is the solution because he would appeal to a wide swath of voters…
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Earlier this year, a Morning Consult survey showed Beshear had the highest approval rating of any Democratic governor in the country at 65 percent and was ranked third highest of all governors. The same poll showed he had a disapproval rating of 27 percent….
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While Newsom has led other 2028 contenders in a string of recent polls, even Republicans have said Beshear would be the most formidable challenger in a Democratic primary.
In an interview in April, Charlie Kirk, the GOP activist who was killed in September, was asked by 2 Way’s Mark Halperin about who would pose the biggest challenge to Republicans.
“Andy Beshear, if he ran as a populist,” Kirk said.
Morgan, the Democratic donor, called Beshear “the anti-Trump.”
“And after all the geriatric candidates, it’s time to give youth and energy a try,” he said….
image…Kentucky Latern
I mentioned Beshear as one of my preferred candidates awhile back.
I would support him.
However he will have a tough road to hoe as far as winning the nomination.
Indeed…….
The relatively quiet guys have NO CHACE in a post Trump world
This IS Newsom’s to lose
Way too early to seriously declare that it is Newsomes or anyone else’s too “ lose” three years out.
I STAND BY my view it IS Newsom’s to LOSE
By what possible metric?…
Besides your own preference.
Hillary Clinton
AND
Donald Trump
BOTH ran from the FRONT
At this point in the 2016 cycle (December 2014), Trump was polling at about 1 percent.
Hillary was the anointed next in line for Democrats. You (and others here) were saying she would easily win every contest and it would not even be close. Then Bernie Sanders came along, and the nomination battle went almost all the way to the convention and the DNC intervened along the way to help save her.
The field for Democrats for 2028 is going to be a lot bigger than the field was for them in 2016, and probably on par with the very large Republican field for 2016.
Three years out, when you exclude incumbents, serving and former vice-presidents, and clear early leaders like FDR, JFK and Hillary Clinton, very few people would have foreseen the eventual nominations of:
1952 Adlai Stevenson II
1972 George McGovern
1976 Jimmy Carter†
1988 Michael Dukakis
1992 Bill Clinton†
2004 John Kerry, or
2008 Barack Obama†
over such early leaders as Pres. Harry Truman, VP Alben Barkley and Edmund Muskie.
Save your betting money.
He, he, he
I’m saying TO LOSE…..
That’s ALL….
A Politico 2028 Beshear piece…..
Here’s Andy Beshear’s Case for President
The Kentucky governor is laying out an early argument for why he could be Democrats’ best bet in 2028.
Beshear is one of my three or four favorites for the Democratic nomination.
His main problem is notoriety.
He isn’t well known outside of Kentucky.
If you examine his fairly moderate record,he is where many Americans claim they are.
The problem? While most Americans claim to be middle of the road ,they usually end up voting for candidates who tend one of the two “ extreme” positions.