Nate Silver Names Georgia Senator Ossoff as Top 2028 Democratic Pick

Polling analyst Nate Silver has named Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff as his top choice for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination. Silver made the remarks Saturday at the Crooked Con political conference in Washington, DC.

Silver described Ossoff as a far-away number-one pick who can bridge the divide between progressive and centrist Democrats. He called the 39-year-old senator very talented and a uniform compromise candidate between the party's factions.

“He's such a slam dunk number one pick.”

Ossoff won re-election on Tuesday by an 18-point margin, taking 59 percent of the vote against Republican Mike Collins, who received 41 percent. He first entered the Senate in 2021 as Georgia's first Jewish senator and the first Democrat elected to a full term in the state since 1996.

Silver also joked that Ossoff's looks could help his candidacy, asking if he was looksmaxxing. Ossoff has gained national attention as an outspoken critic of the Trump administration.

Silver predicted that if Democrats replicate Tuesday's midterm gains, a 60-seat Senate majority would be on the table in 2028. Democrats flipped the House and seven Senate seats in the midterms.

Ossoff's odds have surged on prediction platforms Kalshi and Polymarket over the past two weeks, overtaking Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Governor Gavin Newsom. Silver is not the only analyst backing Ossoff for the nomination.