2028 United States presidential election

The 2028 United States presidential election was the 61st quadrennial United States presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 2028. The Democratic Party ticket of former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro and U.S. Senator from Ohio Jamael Tito Brown defeated the incumbent Republican ticket of President Nikki Haley and Vice President Bill Huizenga.

Julián Castro was inaugurated as the 49th President of the United States on January 20, 2029, and Jamael Tito Brown was inaugurated as the 52nd Vice President of the United States on the same day.

Castro, a native of Texas, became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the state since 1976, when President Jimmy Carter won it. This was also the widest margin of victory for any presidential candidate (10.0%) since 1984.

Close states
Margin of victory less than 1% (6 electoral votes):
 * 1) Iowa, 0.66%

Margin of victory less than 5% (109 electoral votes):
 * 1) Maine's 2nd congressional district, 1.87%
 * 2) Ohio, 2.03%
 * 3) Texas, 2.38%
 * 4) Florida, 2.70%
 * 5) Georgia, 4.43%
 * 6) Alaska, 4.64%

Margin of victory between 5% and 10% (95 electoral votes):
 * 1) North Carolina, 5.22%
 * 2) Wisconsin, 5.97%
 * 3) Arizona, 6.84% (Tipping-point state)
 * 4) Nevada, 7.07%
 * 5) Pennsylvania, 7.42%
 * 6) Nebraska's 2nd congressional district, 8.99%
 * 7) Kansas, 9.30%
 * 8) Michigan, 9.55%
 * 9) Missouri, 9.81%