Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned Republicans could lose more Senate seats in the 2028 election if the “GOP doesn’t get its act together.”

Democrats currently have a 54-44 Senate advantage after the 2026 election.

The Democratic majority could swing to 56-44 if Alaska and Mississippi lean blue.

At least 18 Republican senators will be up for re-election in 2028.

Newsweek shared further:

Of the GOP Senate seats up for election in 2028, Democrats stand the best chance of flipping three: Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, and Ted Budd of North Carolina.

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“These individuals are in danger for a variety of reasons,” Hamline University professor of political science and legal studies David Schultz told Newsweek on Monday. “If [the GOP] could recruit quality candidates, could something different occur? Possibly, yeah. Trump was right when he said quality candidates matter.”

The outlet said other GOP senators up for re-election in 2028 who could be vulnerable include Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Jerry Moran of Kansas, and Ashley Moody of Florida, who just won a special election.

Kansas just elected a Democrat to the Senate, and the Alaska race between incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Mary Peltola is leaning Democrat.

“This midterm, no question, was a rebuke of the president and the Congress by Democrats, independents and some Republicans that crossed over,” DeSantis told Laura Ingraham.

“But a lot of our voters who stayed home, they stayed home because they were frustrated with the lack of productivity from Republicans in the House and Senate,” DeSantis continued.

“That’s just a fact. They were promised big things, and they didn’t deliver it,” he added.

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The outgoing Florida governor has been particularly outspoken after the blue wave dominated the majority of the county, with exception for the Sunshine State, which held the line, electing Republican Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) as the next governor and keeping Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member Angie Nixon from taking Sen. Ashley Moody’s (D-FL) in the Senate.

“I’ve never seen in a year that was worse for Republicans across the board in a midterm since I’ve been on God’s green earth, and that’s just the reality of it,” DeSantis said last week, offering his autopsy report.

During an interview on the Sage Steele Show with host Sage Steele, DeSantis explained that the GOP simply “screaming socialism” did not work this time around, placing blame on the “corporatist Republicans who propagate” crony capitalism.

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“So, here’s the issue. I think — obviously like a guy like me, if I see a socialist candidate, it’s an easy thing for me to vote no,” DeSantis explained. “I mean, like, it’s not even a question. But the question is, for kind of the broader electorate who aren’t as partisan, is just screaming socialism going to work? Obviously, it didn’t work in this election, and why? I think the reason is, young people have a very positive view of socialism compared to capitalism.”

“The question is, why is that?” he asked. “Some of it is the education in our universities or whatever. But I think a big part of that is, what they’re comparing is not free enterprise to socialism. What they’re comparing is how government gets involved in business and you have crony capitalism. So, the best kind of indirect supporters of socialism are some of these corporatist Republicans who propagate these crony policies.”

 

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