Where the top 2028 contenders are heading before the midterms

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSeveral top 2028 presidential contenders are traveling this week and next ahead of the midterms, and on Friday Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hosted three campaign events in Michigan for Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThree events in one day is a tryout, Hank.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHer last stop was Latinos for Abdul, and that is a person testing a room for a bigger room.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistIt's a pressure system, Vera. Every one of them is flying into a swing state with a bag of promises and no umbrella.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe was there for el Sayed. That was the stated purpose of the trip.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNobody drives to Michigan for somebody else, and let me finish, because I once campaigned for a runner-up and that sash was very much about me.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSo the midterms are just the warm-up act.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorExactly, and the states are the judges. Michigan gave a score tonight, and it came with snacks.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThen I'll review them. Michigan, forty percent chance of handshakes, and a ninety percent chance somebody says the word grassroots.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOkay, okay. I'm calling order. Nobody has announced anything.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYet.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThree events in Michigan on Friday. That's the forecast, Brock, and it's the only number I have.