{"id":80057,"date":"2026-10-16T04:56:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T09:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/jon-ossoffs-rise-to-us-senate-was-meteoric-how-high-can-he-go\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T04:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T09:56:52","slug":"jon-ossoffs-rise-to-us-senate-was-meteoric-how-high-can-he-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/jon-ossoffs-rise-to-us-senate-was-meteoric-how-high-can-he-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Ossoff\u2019s rise to US Senate was meteoric \u2013 how high can he go?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The media-savvy Democratic senator is defying predictions of a tight re-election battle. But he insists he has \u2018zero interest\u2019 in a presidential run in 2028<\/p>\n<p>Jon Ossoff has \u201czero interest\u201d in running for president in 2028, he declared during a debate this week. Jon Ossoff has \u201czero interest\u201d in running for president in 2028, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/atlanta\/ossoff-says-he-has-zero-interest-running-president-2028\/2OAUMLOEMZHXXCIL3C57KULXUM\/\">told<\/a> a local TV station last month. Jon Ossoff has \u201czero interest\u201d in running for president in 2028, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki\/watch\/we-re-in-banana-republic-territory-here-trump-corruption-becomes-rallying-cry-for-democrats-2511340611720\">told<\/a> MS Now \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/podscan.fm\/podcasts\/morning-joe\/episodes\/david-crowley-boosts-democratic-establishment-with-win-in-wisconsin\">twice<\/a> \u2013 in August.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic US senator for Georgia <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/ip\/date\/2026-06-28\/segment\/01\">said as much<\/a> to CNN. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/2026\/06\/sorry-liberals-jon-ossoff-isnt-running-for-president\/\">And<\/a> the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. And MS Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/trumps-corruption-becomes-a-campaign-issue-as-gop\/id1692806415?i=1000763196956\">again<\/a>. And in his second Senate debate on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2026\/oct\/16\/jon-ossoff-georgia-senate-midterms\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The media-savvy Democratic senator is defying predictions of a tight re-election battle. But he insists he has \u2018zero interest\u2019 in a presidential run in 2028 Jon Ossoff has \u201czero interest\u201d in running for president in 2028, he declared during a debate this week. Jon Ossoff has \u201czero interest\u201d in running for president in 2028, he &#8230; <a title=\"Jon Ossoff\u2019s rise to US Senate was meteoric \u2013 how high can he go?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/jon-ossoffs-rise-to-us-senate-was-meteoric-how-high-can-he-go\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Jon Ossoff\u2019s rise to US Senate was meteoric \u2013 how high can he go?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}