Newt Gingrich says GOP midterm defeat leaves 2028 primary wide open
The gist
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Republicans' midterm defeat makes the 2028 GOP nomination race wide open.
His remarks take luster off VP JD Vance's expected candidacy.
How it unfolded
- Sep 30, 2026Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is tapping Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Gingrich to identify military capabilities and weapons the U.S. may need in future wars.
- Nov 3, 2026Republicans lost control of both the House and Senate in the midterm elections.
- Nov 4, 2026Gingrich posted a video on X calling election night 'much worse than I thought it would be,' and later posted that the scale of the defeat makes the GOP presidential nomination race wide open.
Key terms
- midterm
- US general elections held near the midpoint of a president's four-year term, when all House seats and about a third of Senate seats are contested.
- GOP
- The Republican Party, one of the two major political parties in the United States.
- Speaker of the House
- The presiding officer of the US House of Representatives, who leads the chamber and its majority party.
Source: Wikipedia