Don Bacon says he ‘would love to’ run for president or be ‘right-hand man’ in 2028

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Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), who is retiring at the end of his fifth term in Congress, is throwing his hat into the ring of potential Republican presidential candidates for the 2028 election cycle.

In an interview to be released in full on Friday, the congressman entertained the idea of running for president himself while leaving open the possibility that he could be someone else’s running mate.

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