{"id":10033,"date":"2025-07-11T14:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T18:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=10033"},"modified":"2025-07-11T14:34:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T18:34:56","slug":"don-bacon-hints-at-2028-presidential-run-after-leaving-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/capitol-hill\/don-bacon-hints-at-2028-presidential-run-after-leaving-congress\/njackson\/2025\/07\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Bacon Hints At 2028 Presidential Run After Leaving Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An outgoing Republican Congressman signaled he could mount a future bid for the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI got asked the other day, \u2018You say you\u2019re interested in being an executive \u2014 is that governor or president?\u2019 I go, \u2018Yes,\u2019\u201d Nebraska Rep.\u00a0Don Bacon\u00a0told NBC News in an interview<\/a>\u00a0last week in his office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIf there\u2019s an opportunity, and I can make a difference, a unique difference, I would like to keep serving. I just don\u2019t want to do two-year elections,\u201d he continued in the interview, which was published on Sunday.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Bacon announced last week he would not seek reelection in the vulnerable swing district, which includes Omaha and rural areas of Nebraska<\/a>. In 2024, Bacon was one of three Republicans elected in districts that voted for former Vice President Harris over President Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Bacon, a five-term congressman and retired\u00a0Air Force\u00a0brigadier general, has represented the 2nd District since 2017. Known for his relatively moderate approach and clashes with President\u00a0Donald Trump, Bacon has occasionally broke with his party on major issues. He voted to certify the 2020 election and co-sponsored\u00a0bipartisan\u00a0legislation like the \u201cImproving Reporting to Prevent Hate Act\u201d with Rep.\u00a0Don Beyer\u00a0(D-Va.), aimed at improving the accuracy of hate\u00a0crime\u00a0reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bacon acknowledged it would be difficult to win a White House bid, particularly as a House member and as a Republican who still embraces Reaganism and a hawkish view of foreign policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t think it would be very easily done,\u201d he said. \u201cAll I know is I have a heart to serve our country, and I have a vision.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Bacon suggested he\u2019d be interested in serving as\u00a0Defense Secretary\u00a0\u201cif God opens up that door,\u201d but acknowledged his doubt that a Republican president would tap him for the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bacon also said that he would not run for governor against Nebraska Gov.\u00a0Jim Pillen\u00a0(R), who was elected in 2023 and who, NBC News reported, is a \u201cclose friend\u201d of Bacon\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bacon\u2019s exit opens one of the most competitive House seats in the country. The 2nd District \u2014 which includes Omaha and parts of Douglas, Sarpy, and Saunders counties \u2014 has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+3. Once a Republican stronghold, the district has been trending leftward thanks to shifting demographics and political realignment, particularly during the Trump era.\u00a0(RELATED:\u00a0Rep. Don Bacon To Retire, Opening Key Battleground In Omaha\u2019s 2nd District<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before Trump, the GOP had a lock on the district. George W. Bush carried it handily in 2000 and 2004. Even Mitt Romney won it by 7 points in 2012. But the tide began to shift in 2008, when Barack Obama flipped the seat \u2014 marking the first Democratic presidential win there since 1964.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump won it narrowly in 2016, but Joe Biden carried the district by about 6 points in 2020, and Democrats held it again in 2024. These wins came despite Nebraska remaining solidly red overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An outgoing Republican Congressman signaled he could mount a future bid for the White House. \u201cI got asked the other day, \u2018You say you\u2019re interested in being an executive \u2014 is that governor or president?\u2019 I go, \u2018Yes,\u2019\u201d Nebraska Rep.\u00a0Don Bacon\u00a0told NBC News in an interview\u00a0last week in his office. \u201cIf there\u2019s an opportunity, and 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