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Alex Thompson

www.axios.com
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Pelosi's new campaign: Boost Newsom for 2028
Nancy Pelosi is retiring from Congress, but she has more campaigns in mind. Among them: Boost Gavin Newsom as a potential contender for the White House in 2028.Why it matters: Publicly and privatel...
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Buttigieg's baggage from DOT looms as 2028 issue
Pete Buttigieg is widely admired as a first-class communicator. But many Democrats think he's lacking as an administrator — and are pointing to his time as President Biden's transportation secretar...
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Liberal media's MAGA-like splintering challenges potential 2028 contenders
Liberal media, long dominated by a few big national players such as New York Times columnists, is splintering into countless micro-factions, much like the early MAGA movement.Why it matters: Gone a...
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Scoop: Pritzker, Gallego head to Nevada in latest 2028 moves
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego will headline a Democratic Party event in Nevada on Feb. 1 to celebrate the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), a person famili...
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Dems' divide over Harris surfaces as she looks like a 2028 contender
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Many Democratic powerbrokers in D.C. are done with Kamala Harris. They see the former vice president as a politically toxic reminder of an unpopular president, Joe Biden.But among ...
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Rahm Emanuel targets GOP and Dems as he tests 2028 campaign for president
WATER VALLEY, Miss. — Rahm Emanuel is coming — whether Democrats like it or not."There's two wings in our party right now, and I hope to dominate one of them," Emanuel, the fiery former Chicago may...
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Inside Tim Walz's dramatic political fall
Tim Walz was nearly elected vice president in 2024. Just 14 months later, the Minnesota governor is ending his political career amid scandal, personal burnout and feuds with former allies — includi...
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Democrats' divide over AI frames a debate for 2028
The future of AI is dividing the Democratic Party, as potential 2028 presidential candidates and key stakeholders stake out clashing positions in what's already shaping up as a major policy battle ...
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Harris stepping toward another White House run
LOS ANGELES — Kamala Harris isn't planning to go gentle into that good night. This week the former vice president made clear to potential 2028 rivals that she's working to keep another White House ...
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Inside the emerging push to knock Newsom off his perch as the Dems' 2028 frontrunner
Gavin Newsom's Democratic rivals are plotting how to take down the early 2028 frontrunner, with a heavy emphasis on how unpopular his left-leaning views are outside deep-blue California.Driving the...
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