Election/2028 United States presidential election (Gale Hibbert)

The 2028 United States presidential election was the 61st quadrennial presidential election, to be held on November 7, 2028. Incumbent Democrat Oscar Lama was ineligible to pursue a third term due to the term limits established by the 22nd Amendment. The Republican ticket of Indiana Senator Gale Hibbert and Nebraska Senator Hailey Langer defeated the Democratic ticket of Maryland Governor Clark Parker and Wisconsin Senator Caroline Norris.

Background
Oscar Lama was re-elected in 2024 to a landslide against Governor Aiken. By 2027, Lama's approvals were in steep decline, hovering around 61%. The most important issues for voters were taxes, military spending, which was reduced to it's lowest funding numbers since 2009, and the economy which started on a small decline in 2028.