Who will be the 48th president of the United States?

The 48th President of the United States will be the person who wins the November 7, 2028 presidential election and is inaugurated on January 20, 2029. Donald Trump, the 47th president, is serving a term that ends at noon on that inauguration day, and because he has been elected twice he is barred by the 22nd Amendment from a third term - so the 48th president will be someone new.

As of June 2026, no major candidate has formally declared a 2028 campaign, so it is genuinely too early to name the 48th president. The field will begin to take shape through 2026 and 2027 as potential candidates explore the race, raise money, and make formal announcements. Early prediction markets favor Vice President JD Vance on the Republican side, with Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg among the most-watched Democrats - but these are signals, not predictions.

The 48th president will face whatever conditions define 2029: economic, geopolitical, and domestic. They will serve a term through January 2033, which would include a midterm election in November 2030.

We track every declared and potential 2028 candidate as the field forms - see the live candidate tracker on this site for the current names, their status, and the latest standing. As of mid-2026, only a handful of little-known long-shot candidates have registered with the FEC.