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I am already interested in 2028. There are three categories in particular of races I am curious about:
- Who might run for Governor in the states that are up then?
- Who might run for Senate in the states that are up then?
- Who might try to primary who, in whatever party or from whatever ideological angle? Could be left-on-center, center-on-left, age-related or otherwise non-ideological, R primaries where the incumbent isn’t Trumpy enough, R primaries where the incumbent is a loon and is damaging the Republicans, etc.