Republican Delegates Cheer JD Vance for 2028 Nomination as Polls Put Him Ahead of Rubio
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Updated · The New Republic · Sep 10
Republican Delegates Cheer JD Vance for 2028 Nomination as Polls Put Him Ahead of Rubio
3 articles · Updated · The New Republic · Sep 10
Summary
Battleground-state delegates at a closed-door Republican midterm convention breakfast greeted Vice President JD Vance with chants of “forty-eight,” signaling early support for a 2028 presidential run.
That show of backing came before Vance’s Thursday night address and reinforced his standing as the party’s favored heir to Donald Trump, according to people in the room cited by Politico.
Recent Republican primary polling already places Vance ahead of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while Trump is described as having largely settled on Vance as his successor despite joking about a third term.
The boost follows a rougher stretch earlier this summer, when Vance drew online attacks from within the GOP over his role in a ceasefire deal with Iran that later collapsed.
With 2028 still distant, Vance’s path could still be shaped by a widening Republican split between hardline MAGA loyalists and activists aligned with Charlie Kirk.