The 2028 Republican Race Started on Wednesday Morning. Here's the Early Board.

No major Republican has announced, but the wipeout put the next nomination in sharper focus overnight. An Altas guide to the names, the denials and what each contender needs.

By Clara Hughes

The votes were barely counted before the next question arrived: who leads the Republican Party after President Trump? No major Republican contender has formally announced a 2028 presidential campaign, Fox News Digital noted this week. But with Democrats taking both chambers of Congress, the jockeying is already visible — in leaks, denials and voters’ early wish lists. Here is the early board, sourced to what has actually been reported. Keep reading with Altas Premium. Below: the DeSantis report and his denial, what MAGA voters told Fox News Digital at a Trump rally, the other names in the mix, what each contender needs, and what to watch over the next six months. [Subscribe to Altas World News