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Vance, DeSantis, Haley and Cruz Stake Out 2028 Lanes After GOP Losses
Cruz said Republicans must rebuild around blue-collar voters after losing every statewide Texas race and watching Democrats take Congress.
- Prediction markets now favor Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff to win the 2028 presidential election, marking the first time Vice President JD Vance has not been the clear frontrunner to succeed Donald Trump.
- Sweeping Democratic victories in the 2026 midterm elections have markets pricing in two years of political gridlock as investors interpret the shift as a potential preview of 2028 presidential outcomes.
- Prediction sites Polymarket and Kalshi showed Ossoff at 18 per cent on Wednesday, leading Vance by 3 points, as voters cited higher fuel prices and living costs tied to tariff hikes and the Iran war.
- Texas Senator Ted Cruz called the results a "Watergate-level repudiation," citing a "very real economic disconnect" and warning that Republicans must rebuild as a "true blue-collar party" to regain lost support.
- Strategists warn investors to monitor the Democratic agenda on regulation and corporate taxation, while Cruz vowed to win back Texas, stating "it is always darkest before the dawn, and morning is coming.
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Surge in 2028 US presidential bets reframes markets after midterms
The sweeping Democratic victory in the US midterm elections has markets pricing two years of gridlocked government. But a sudden shift in 2028 presidential betting odds could reshape how investors read everything that follows.
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U.S. Vice President J. D. Vance, Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis, and Senator Ted Cruz, against the backdrop of the Republican Party's heavy defeat in the interim elections, began to argue publicly about the reasons for the failure and to issue a summons for the 2028 campaign; the Republican Party's defeat in the interim elections, where the Democrats gained a major advantage in the Senate and the House of Representatives, triggered a wave of r…
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