This post was originally published on Politico.

Democrats’ blue wave blew up the 2028 battle map. But Josh Shapiro insists Texas isn’t going to replace Pennsylvania as the “ultimate swing state.”

He needs it to be true.

Shapiro’s theory of the case for 2028 has long rested on his ability to win resoundingly and repeatedly in what has recently been the nation’s biggest battleground state. On Tuesday, he helped deliver Democrats four congressional flips and their first trifecta in Harrisburg in three decades, all while running up a more than 20-point margin in his own reelection bid. He plowed over $10 million into state Democrats’ campaign arms and helped

Author: By Lisa Kashinsky