Watch Possible 2028 Democratic Presidential Candidate Andy Beshear Talk About the Issues

 Let the 2028 Presidential sweepstakes begin.

There will be many Democrats vying for the party's nomination in 2028 including perhaps well known names like Vice President Kamala Harris, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock, and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly. 

Several of these leaders made names for themselves over the summer by coming under consideration for Vice President Harris's running mate which ultimately went to Governor Walz. 

Democrats have a deep reservoir of governing talent that will be an asset going into 2026 and 2028. 

It is also possible that someone not mentioned above or popularly known may gain the Presidential and Vice Presidential nods in four years. 

Think Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale in 1976 or Bill Clinton and Al Gore in 1992 or even Barack Obama and Joe Biden in 2008. 

Carter, Clinton, and Obama were not polling well, if at all, four years before they won the Presidency.

Mondale dropped out of his Presidential run in 1976. 

Gore, his son recovering from injuries at the time, did not enter the 1992 race after not doing well outside the South in the 1988 primaries.

Biden withdrew from the 2008 races after faring poorly in Iowa. 

That said, readers should watch Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear give a year-end interview earlier this month to his local ABC Station. 

It should be noted that Governor Beshear has won Red State Kentucky twice. 

In the interview, he discussed:

• The gains in his states economy.
• His goals for giving teachers pay raises.
• Giving state residents the option of Universal Pre-K.
• Becoming the Chair of the Democrat's Governors Association where he could develop greater networking opportunities for a national run of his own.
• The need to pursue common ground saying the people want their leaders to focus on looking "forward."
• How Governors, because of their executive experience, make better prepared Presidents.
• How Presidents, like him, should be pragmatic and focused on improving people's lives and "building a brighter future."
• His deciding not to run for Mitch McConnell's Senate Senate. 
• Staffing shortages at Child Protective Services and how recent pay raises are helping alleviate that situation. 
• Sleeping accommodations for foster children, saying "no one was sleeping on the floor."
• Out of state vendors getting licenses to sell medical marijuana, stating that his goal is "to put patients first."

During the interview, the Governor came across as upfront, positive, hopeful, empathetic, and well-informed. All qualities that people may find appealing in a potential Presidential Candidate.