Democratic senator Jon Ossoff isn’t here to play just politics- he is being tipped as the man to beat in 2028.
\n\nFresh from winning a second term in Georgia, Ossoff’s chances of becoming the next Democratic presidential nominee have jumped nine percentage points in a day to 24% on Polymarket, The Independent reported. The 39-year-old is a rising star in the Democratic Party and the youngest sitting member of the US Senate. Among bettors on Kalshi and Polymarket, he is also the favourite to win the 2028 presidency, at around 20% on both platforms, ahead of Vice President JD Vance, according to the Daily Beast.
\n\nOssoff beat Republican Mike Collins by about 18 points in a state Donald Trump carried in 2024. He was the only Senate Democrat seeking reelection in such a state. During the campaign, he promised to finish his next term as senator if he were reelected. “I have zero interest in running for president,” he said during a debate. “I’m not running for president. I’m running for reelection to the Senate.”
\n\nBefore politics, Ossoff was an investigative journalist. As chief executive of Insight TWI, a London-based production company, he made documentaries that exposed corruption and war…
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