2028 Presidential Election › Candidates › Jon Ossoff
Democrat
Jon Ossoff
U.S. Senator from Georgia
26%up 1.4up 11up 12
Chance of winning the 2028 Democratic nomination, 1st among the contenders we track. Kalshi 27% · Polymarket 26%
ChangeMarkets: Kalshi · Polymarket
Background
A documentary producer from the Atlanta suburbs, Ossoff won Georgia's January 2021 Senate runoff. His win and Raphael Warnock's gave Democrats control of the Senate.
- Born
- February 16, 1987 in Atlanta, Georgia (age 39)
- Home state
- Georgia
- Education
- Georgetown University; London School of Economics
Career
- U.S. Senator from Georgia (2021–)
- CEO of Insight TWI, an investigative documentary company
- National security aide to Rep. Hank Johnson
Notable record
- Became the youngest senator elected since Joe Biden in 1972
- Ran in Georgia's 6th District special election in 2017, then the most expensive House race ever
- Led a bipartisan Senate investigation into sexual abuse of women in federal prisons (2022)
Other Democratic contenders
- Alexandria Ocasio-CortezU.S. Representative from New York15%
- Gavin NewsomGovernor of California13%
- Kamala HarrisFormer Vice President of the United States5%
- Josh ShapiroGovernor of Pennsylvania5%
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