Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) left the door open for a possible 2028 presidential bid, saying in a recent interview that while "of course" the idea has come up, he’s not focused on it currently.
Gallego, who has stirred speculation with an upcoming visit to battleground Pennsylvania, told NBC News that he has received encouragement from donors, organizations and “well-known” Democratic operatives to run.
“Has it ever crossed my mind? F---ing of course, I’m an elected official, it crosses my mind,” he said, calling the question a "land mine."
The junior senator added, “Am I thinking about it right now? Absolutely not.”
Gallego's comments come as he’s set to participate in a town hall Saturday in battleground Bucks County, Pa. The Keystone State, much like Arizona, is a swing state that voted for President Trump in November. The state Democratic Party is hosting the town hall as part of a broader “Fight to Save Medicaid” initiative.
His trip has drawn some attention to him as a possible 2028 candidate as Democrats search for their next clear leader. Gallego was able to win his Senate race in 2024 and outperform former Vice President Harris despite her more than 5-point loss to Trump.
The senator told NBC that the next presidential race is so distant that its “not even near the radar of me thinking about doing it.” He also mentioned that his wife is expecting their third child and he’s only been in the Senate for a few months.
“I need to do both jobs well, and those are two very hard jobs," he said. "Being the father is the hardest one.”
Gallego added that Pennsylvanians want to hear from him because they want a message that Democrats can “deliver” and bring back working class voters to win elections.
“I’m the person that has worked those hard jobs and has had to figure out how to make ends meet, how to string a couple paychecks together, to pay rent and everything else like that,” he said in the NBC interview. “And I think people want to hear from Democrats like me.”
The Arizona Democrat is just one of several names that have been floated as possible 2028 Democratic candidates, including Govs. Josh Shapiro (Pa.), J.B. Pritzker (Ill.) and Gretchen Whitmer (Mich.); Sens. Cory Booker (N.J.) and Chris Murphy (Conn.) and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
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