2028 Democratic presidential nominee
$124.5M
NOV 7, 2028Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleU.S. Senator
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
Age49 years old (Jul 10, 1976)
GenderFemale
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LocationMichigan
BackgroundPolitician
EducationCornell University (BA)
Notable personal detailsElissa Blair Slotkin is a U.S. senator from Michigan, elected in 2024 and sworn in on 2025-01-03. She previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (2019–2025) and worked in national security roles including as a CIA analyst and in senior positions at the White House and Pentagon, including acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. She earned a BA from Cornell University and an MIA from Columbia University.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Elissa Slotkin supports expanding refundable tax credits for families (including enlarging the Child Tax Credit and Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit) and opposes tax cuts that primarily benefit the ultra-wealthy. She has voted and spoken against Republican proposals she says would give tax breaks to the richest Americans while cutting nutrition and other assistance programs.
Healthcare
Supports expanding access to affordable health coverage through government action, including a public health insurance option and protections for Affordable Care Act coverage; emphasizes preventing coverage losses and lowering costs for families. Advocates legislative steps to add a publicly operated option to ACA marketplaces and has spoken on protecting Medicaid and preventing premium increases.
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Immigration & Border
The candidate supports stronger, "commonsense" and fair immigration enforcement and increased border security while calling for bipartisan immigration reform. She has backed enforcement-focused legislation (e.g., Laken Riley Act) and introduced measures to increase oversight and transparency of immigration enforcement (VISIBLE Act).
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports codifying the abortion rights established by Roe v. Wade at the federal level and has been endorsed by major pro‑choice organizations for defending and expanding reproductive freedom. Has a voting record and campaign positions aligned with protecting abortion access.
Climate & Energy
Supports a clean-energy transition and climate action as a national-security and public-health priority while backing an all-of-the-above energy strategy that includes transitional uses of natural gas and biofuels. Has voted for major climate legislation (including the Inflation Reduction Act while in the House), advocates clean water and Great Lakes protections, and emphasizes protecting U.S. manufacturing jobs in auto and energy transitions.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports a package of gun safety measures including universal/expanded background checks, safe-storage requirements, red flag laws, and an assault-weapons ban; has sponsored federal safe-storage legislation and backed federal assault-weapons and background-check bills.
News
Elissa Slotkin is being mentioned in the context of a possible Democratic surge in the 2026 midterms, with reports saying Democrats could win the House and that pressure is growing for a third impeachment push against President Donald Trump. The broader political backdrop is the war with Iran, which has intensified those calls. Another recent item notes Denver is a finalist to host the 2028 Democratic National Convention, though that report does not specifically tie Slotkin to the decision.
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Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262024
2026
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Cycle 2026
Source: FEC
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