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Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the United States on November 7, 2028,[1] to elect a president and vice president for a term of four years. The winners of the election are expected to be inaugurated on January 20, 2029.
After winning the 2016 and 2024 presidential elections, President Donald Trump is ineligible for a third term, due to the provisions of the Twenty-second Amendment. Trump's non-consecutive second term expires at noon on January 20, 2029, when the winners of the election will be inaugurated as the president and vice president of the United States.
Potential contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination include former vice president Kamala Harris, former secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, former secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, Governors Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Gavin Newsom of California, Jared Polis of Colorado, JB Pritzker of Illinois, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Josh Stein of North Carolina, Tim Walz of Minnesota, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Senators Cory Booker of New Jersey, Ruben Gallego of Arizona, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Chris Murphy of Connecticut, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock of Georgia, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Representative Ro Khanna of California, former governor Roy Cooper of North Carolina, former ambassador Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, former representative Dean Phillips of Minnesota and sports journalist Stephen A. Smith.
Potential contenders for the Republican presidential nomination include Vice President JD Vance, Governors Ron DeSantis of Florida, Brian Kemp of Georgia, Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas and Glenn Youngkin of Virginia, Senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Tim Scott of South Carolina, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem of South Dakota, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum of North Dakota, Secretary of State Marco Rubio of Florida, former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy of Ohio, former ambassador Nikki Haley of South Carolina and Donald Trump Jr. of Florida. This will be the first presidential election since 2012 in which Trump is not the Republican nominee.[2]