2028 U.S Presidential Election (Mercbl)

The 2028 United States presidential election was the 61st quadrennial American presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7 2028. The True Progressive ticket of incumbent president Bill Gates and vice president Roy Cooper was defeated by the Republican ticket of Iowa governor Kim Reynolds and Kansas governor Mike Pompeo. The Democratic party also ran the ticket of secretary of transport Pete Buttigieg and Maine governor Janet Mills. Kim Reynolds took office as the 48th president, and first female president and Pompeo as the 51st Vice President on January 20th, 2029.

This was the first presidential election in which the True Progressive party ran a candidate. A number of minor parties and independents also made bids for the presidency with the most prominent being the independent Mike Pence, Libertarian John Andrews, Salvation party nominee Eric Hovind and Green candidate Dario Hunter.

Democrat Pete Buttigieg defeated 7 other major candidates in the 2028 Democratic primary with his two closest rivals for the nomination being California senator Gavin Newsom and TV host/comedian Stephen Colbert.

In the 2028 Republican primary Kim Reynolds came out on top of the largest primary field in American history with 44 major candidates for the presidency. However, her closest rival, Florida governor Ron DeSantis was assassinated during the primaries leading her to win the nomination.