{"id":2720,"date":"2026-07-10T02:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2720"},"modified":"2026-07-10T02:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:00:35","slug":"jon-ossoff-2028-the-democrat-everyone-suddenly-wants-to-believe-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2720","title":{"rendered":"Jon Ossoff 2028: The Democrat everyone suddenly wants to believe in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"zephr-anchor\">\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">For the past month, one name has dominated discussions of the 2028 Democratic primary: Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--block-placement _13j8zv42 _13j8zv40 duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<div class=\"duet--article--highlight _10sa9oml _1a70pe0\">\n<div class=\"_1a70pe6\">\n<ul class=\"duet--article--unordered-list _10sa9omi uyby7v0 pn04iq1 _1a70pe7\">\n<li class=\"uyby7v1\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\">Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is having a moment. The senator is winning praise from across the Democratic Party\u2019s many factions and is being touted as a potential top candidate for 2028.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"uyby7v1\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\">There are good reasons for this hype: Ossoff is an excellent public speaker with a message on Donald Trump\u2019s corruption that united the party. But there is also reason for doubt: \u201cUnity\u201d candidates have a questionable track record in primaries, and he may be falling into that trap.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"uyby7v1\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\">Ultimately, the recent wave of Ossoff frenzy tells us that Democrats are unsatisfied with the current names topping the polls \u2014 like Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Gavin Newsom (CA) \u2014 and are very much open to alternatives.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">Though Ossoff is running for reelection in a crucial swing state, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/polls\/georgia-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html\">consistent polling lead<\/a> is prompting national observers to leapfrog all the way to 2028. Features in both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/08\/opinion\/jon-ossoff-president.html\">the New York Times<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2026\/06\/15\/georgia-democratic-senators-elections-00961080\">Politico<\/a> have touted him as a leading candidate. His odds on the Polymarket prediction site have more than doubled since late May: he\u2019s now given a better chance than Vice President Kamala Harris (who is currently the leader in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/polls\/president-democratic-primary-polls-2028.html\">nearly all national polls<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">There are good reasons for this. Ossoff is a repeat winner in one of the most important presidential battlegrounds who appeals to everyone from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VJoZTTI1o2I\">the Never Trumpers at the Bulwark<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/17\/us\/politics\/jon-ossoff-georgia-senate-election.html\">leftist streamer Hasan Piker<\/a>. His rhetorical focus on Trump\u2019s corruption elevates a theme that energizes Democrats of all stripes. And his background as a filmmaker makes him almost uniquely well-suited to the short-form video age.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">\u201cI have been jokingly calling him\u2026the Lisan al-Gaib, which is a <em>Dune<\/em> reference to the Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet figure \u2014 essentially, the chosen one,\u201d Chris Hayes, the MSNBC host, said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/16\/opinion\/ezra-klein-podcast-chris-hayes-2026.html\">a recent episode of <em>The Ezra Klein Show<\/em><\/a>. \u201cI think he has figured out a way, in a broadly palatable ideological fashion, to leverage a populist moral critique of the rot of Trump that can appeal across the different Democratic factions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">And yet, there\u2019s some reason to think this hype is getting over its skis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">Ossoff is a certain kind of archetype who often emerges in divided parties: The mythical \u201cunity candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">These figures are typically broadly appealing elected officials without any one defined base of supporters. They have traits that seem to correct for the party\u2019s failures in the previous election, have qualities that can attract fans from a wide range of factions and demographics within it, and they have yet to alienate anybody important. But the \u201cunity candidate\u201d has a mixed record in recent contests \u2014 they often look perfect on paper, then struggle in practice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">Whether Ossoff is the Democratic savior or another unity candidate poised to flame out remains to be seen. There\u2019s a reasonable case in either direction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">But the fact that Ossoff is already generating so much attention tells us something undoubtedly important: that Democrats are deeply frustrated with their early frontrunners and looking for alternatives. That could augur a wild, perhaps even unpredictable, outcome in the eventual primary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p><h2 class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\">Why Ossoff has so many Democrats excited<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">Let\u2019s start with one important caveat: Ossoff might not run. He has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/03\/23\/ossoff-georgia-senate-midterms-democrats-republicans\/\">steadfastly denied<\/a> rumors of presidential ambition, saying he\u2019s focused on the Senate race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">Of course, that\u2019s what anyone in his position should be saying \u2014 even if it\u2019s insincere. But many in Democratic and Georgia politics seem to think that it might not just be for show. It will be harder for him to run if Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms doesn\u2019t win the governor\u2019s race, which would allow her to appoint a Democratic replacement for his seat. It will be harder still if fellow Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock, a star in his own right, launches a bid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">But should he run, there are considerable reasons why so many Democrats believe Ossoff is poised to take off in 2028.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">He\u2019s a proven winner in the swing state, an excellent public speaker, a telegenic young guy with an inspiring and unifying message: he\u2019s basically the stuff that Democrats dream of. It makes sense that pundits and bettors would anticipate a boom even before it emerges among voters; the raw material is all there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">What\u2019s especially impressive is his ability to straddle the party\u2019s internal divides without making enemies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">His vote to <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2024\/11\/more-than-50-jewish-groups-blast-sens-ossoff-and-warnock-for-votes-against-israel-aid\/\">block military aid to Israel<\/a> in 2024, when that position was less common among Democrats, endeared him to the left. The party\u2019s centrist faction admires his <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2025\/01\/20\/democrats-senate-laken-riley-act\/\">vote for the Laken Riley Act<\/a> imposing harsher punishments on undocumented immigrants who commit crimes. And he managed to avoid taking hardline stances on social issues that many Democrats took during Trump\u2019s first term \u2014 the ones that left Kamala Harris with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2024-elections\/382945\/kamala-harris-lost-donald-trump-why\">trail of quotes and positions<\/a> for Republicans to attack in 2024 \u2014 without alienating liberals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">\u201cHe not only refused to join along with the craziness of 2017 to 2020, but actively explicitly rejected it without becoming defined by the negative,\u201d said Liam Kerr, co-founder of the centrist WelcomePAC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">Ossoff\u2019s multifaceted appeal makes even more sense when you look at the emerging field. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.270towin.com\/2028-democratic-nomination\/\">Across<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/polls\/president-democratic-primary-polls-2028.html\">poll<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/democratic-primary\/2028\/national?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">averages<\/a>, the top four candidates are consistent: Harris on top, California Gov. Gavin Newsom in second, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg battling it out for third.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">Each of those candidates has a major strike against them with at least some important corner of the party. Buttigieg is unpopular on the socialist left and has long polled poorly with Black voters. AOC is hated by Democratic centrists and will need to convince electability-minded voters that she can appeal to the center. Gavin Newsom is seen by many as oily, insincere, and a traitor on trans rights. Kamala Harris, of course, carries enormous baggage both from Biden\u2019s presidency and her own unsuccessful presidential runs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">In a party looking to move beyond its Trump-era doldrums, many see these choices as either uninspiring or divisive. There is a deep hunger for someone new. Ossoff, who is less weighed down by prior party debates, can fill that need.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">At the same time, Ossoff isn\u2019t just defined by who he isn\u2019t \u2014 he\u2019s genuinely impressed observers with his messaging strategy. Not just the focus on corruption, though that\u2019s part of it, but the <em>means<\/em> by which he communicates. Instead of the long-form podcast interviews and direct-to-camera videos most candidates employ nowadays, Ossoff primarily communicates through slickly produced clips of his speeches at rallies or Sunday services at a Black church (and the occasional <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TeamOssoff\/status\/2071787228645195951\">cable news hit<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">Perhaps counterintuitively, this works really well in the TikTok age. The clips do great numbers \u2014 again, he\u2019s a documentarian by training and a talented orator. Making speeches his primary means of communication also allows him to keep tight message control: There is far less risk of a slip-up where he manages to infuriate one of the Democratic Party\u2019s various subfactions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p><h2 class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\">Why \u201cunity\u201d candidates often fail <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">But there\u2019s a big risk to this something-for-everyone strategy: it can leave you without a base.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">In 2016, for example, Marco Rubio had a similar profile to Ossoff. He was a young Tea Party insurgent who unseated an old incumbent, but with an establishment-friendly profile on foreign policy and welfare-state politics. For electability-minded party leaders worried about Latino voters, his Cuban roots and fluent Spanish were viewed as an asset \u2014 just as some on the left now hope Ossoff\u2019s Judaism might smooth over debates over Israel and antisemitism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">But ultimately, he got squeezed. Ted Cruz had outmuscled him to the right with ideological conservatives, the truly moderate Ohio Gov. John Kasich had taken over the center lane, and Trump ultimately beat all of them running as the charismatic outsider with populist appeal. Rubio dropped out before the race was done.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">Similarly, in 2020, Kamala Harris looked like a unifying bet on the Democratic side. She had taken some quite left-wing positions in the Senate, but also had a moderate-appealing tough-on-crime background as California attorney general. Like Ossoff, she generated excitement among voters with widely shared clips \u2014 in her case, televised grill sessions with Republicans. Yet she flamed out even earlier than Rubio, suspending her campaign in December 2019 before the first primary vote was even cast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">Both Rubio and Harris suffered from their lack of a clear identity and support base: In offering something for everyone, they ended up being few people\u2019s first choice. As they filled in their platforms with more detail, each sought to find a compromise on issues dividing party factions \u2014 Rubio backtracked from his earlier support for immigration reform, Harris endorsed Medicare-for-all then put out her own plan \u2014 only to find their answers pleased no one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">Currently, Ossoff is starting from a weaker place than either Rubio or Harris at the start of those races: 2.3 percent in the RealClearPolitics average, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/democratic-primary\/2028\/national?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">dead last among all included candidates<\/a>. Several Democrats I spoke with questioned whether Ossoff could rise to frontrunner status without a sturdier base of support from one corner of the party or another.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">\u201cWe\u2019re seeing that play out in the Michigan Senate race,\u201d Democratic pollster Adam Carlson said, referring to recently dropped-out Senate candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/05\/us\/politics\/mcmorrow-senate-suspend-campaign-democrats-michigan.html\">Mallory McMorrow,<\/a> a state legislator who became a rising star earlier after a speech on trans rights went viral. \u201cMcMorrow [was] kind of in the middle between [Haley] Stevens and [Abdul] El-Sayed, trying to be a little something to everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">In particular, McMorrow got trapped on Israel: She angered the left by criticizing El-Sayed for campaigning with Hasan Piker in an interview, while failing to win them over by labeling Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza \u201cgenocide.\u201d Meanwhile, Stevens consolidated centrist support and drew in outside spending from pro-Israel groups. Ossoff has yet to face this level of sustained scrutiny on the topic, and it\u2019s an open question whether left-wing influencers will be as willing to celebrate his partial support for their positions if there\u2019s a rival candidate, perhaps Ocasio-Cortez, who goes significantly further.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">Ossoff\u2019s media strategy, while generally effective, might also mask upcoming challenges during a crowded primary. In our current attention economy, people build rabid fandoms by fostering parasocial connections \u2014 often by convincing fans that what they\u2019re seeing on screen is the \u201cauthentic\u201d version of the person. That\u2019s harder to do when you eschew unscripted content for polished speech clips.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">\u201cHe doesn\u2019t do longform [interviews], he doesn\u2019t do off-the-cuff, he doesn\u2019t do the omnipresent attention,\u201d one Democratic strategist told me. \u201cHe\u2019s gotta get the reps in, because he\u2019s going to need that skill set to run for president.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">Again, prior candidates are instructive: Harris famously struggled in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/10\/08\/harris-biden-the-view-00182883\">interviews<\/a>; Rubio was wrecked by an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2016\/02\/gop-debate-rubio-chris-christie-fight-218873\">overly scripted debate performance<\/a>. Ossoff will have to prove he can operate in settings where he has less control and can handle follow-up questions that are designed to pinpoint the narrow differences between candidates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">To be clear: Ossoff\u2019s strategy isn\u2019t doomed to fail. Barack Obama quite famously managed to be everything-to-everyone in his 2008 campaign: appealing to the left on the Iraq war while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/the-mandate-memo-how-obama-changed-his-mind\">attacking Hillary Clinton\u2019s healthcare plan from the right<\/a>, all while delivering a message about bridging old partisan divides. Some have suggested Ossoff\u2019s early criticism of Israel might play a similar role to Obama\u2019s early war opposition, potentially allowing him to reassure the left on a key litmus test while courting the middle on substantive policy debates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">\u201cHe seems like someone who plays to win \u2014 not someone who plays not to lose,\u201d Kerr said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">Ossoff may, or may not, emerge as a 2028 force. But the hype surrounding his campaign, even before it exists, has clearly exposed that the Democratic primary is unsettled: the current polling frontrunners are weak, and both voters and the party elite seem to be actively searching for alternatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">It\u2019s a bit like where the GOP was in 2016: plenty of credible contenders, but no one who clearly stood out as a consensus favorite. And that race ended with a nominee who had seemed to most, at the outset, like an impossibility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past month, one name has dominated discussions of the 2028 Democratic primary: Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is having a moment. The senator is winning praise from across the Democratic Party\u2019s many factions and is being touted as a potential top candidate for 2028. 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