{"id":1667496,"date":"2026-03-05T00:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1667496"},"modified":"2026-03-05T00:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:50:00","slug":"who-will-be-the-2028-democratic-presidential-nominee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/who-will-be-the-2028-democratic-presidential-nominee\/1667496\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Will Be The 2028 Democratic Presidential Nominee?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Who Will Be The 2028 Democratic Presidential Nominee?<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>California Governor Gavin<strong> Newsom has released a new memoir, &#8220;Young Man in a Hurry&#8221;,<\/strong> in which the Democrat lays out stories from his personal and political life.<\/p>\n<p>From his sometimes turbulent upbringing to his 2004 act in favor of gay marriage, when he allowed over 4,000 same-sex couples to get married at San Francisco City Hall during his time as mayor long before such unions were legalized,<strong> the book details some of Newsom&#8217;s successes and failures, without giving a clear roadmap of what&#8217;s to come. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Newsom, who is termed out of office and cannot run again in November, has been open in interviews about the possibility of running for president of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/topics\/760\/united-states\/\">United States<\/a>\u00a0in 2028, but has maintained the decision would be made &#8220;as a family&#8221; with his wife and four children.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/35883\/democratic-presidential-candidates-2028\/\">As Statista&#8217;s Valentine Fourreau reports,<\/a> according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/democratic-presidential-nominee-2028\">data from prediction market platform Polymarket<\/a>, <strong>Gavin Newsom is currently most likely to become the Democratic nominee for the 2028 presidential election with odds of over 25 percent as of February 23, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-02-28_15-38-27.jpg?itok=GypTG5PA\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This places him far ahead of all other potential Democratic candidates,<\/strong> including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who came second at just under 10 percent, and former VP and once presidential hopeful\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/22546\/kamala-harris-facts\/\">Kamala Harris in 3rd position<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (4 percent) is in fourth position.<\/p>\n<p>While Gavin Newsom so far appears as the clear favorite to represent the Democrats in the next election,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/republican-presidential-nominee-2028\">Polymarket<\/a>\u00a0odds currently see him losing to VP J.D. Vance, with 17 percent against 22&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-02-28_15-43-21.jpg?itok=vKLVeAkC\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Wed, 03\/04\/2026 &#8211; 19:50<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/who-will-be-2028-democratic-presidential-nominee\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/who-will-be-2028-democratic-presidential-nominee<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who Will Be The 2028 Democratic Presidential Nominee? 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