Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff’s commanding reelection victory has dramatically elevated his profile, making him an early favorite in the emerging 2028 presidential race.

At 39, Ossoff currently holds a 27% chance of winning the White House, according to Polymarket, even though he said last month that he had “zero interest” in seeking the presidency.

Democratic activists are increasingly focused on the young senator’s ability to win in a battleground state while delivering the kind of soaring, Obama-style speeches that energize the party’s liberal base.

Ossoff defeated Republican Rep. Mike Collins by 18 points, rallying supporters with sharp attacks on what he described as corruption tied to President Trump.

Democrats and outside supporters invested $136 million in his reelection campaign, making Ossoff the party’s best-funded candidate for much of the year before Texas state Rep. James Talarico (R-Tex.) overtook him.

The Democrats’ sweeping midterm victories have also intensified speculation about a possible 2028 campaign by “Squad” member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and several other potential contenders.

Ocasio-Cortez, 37, traveled across the country campaigning for progressive candidates alongside socialist ally and former presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, 85, who may now be looking for a successor to carry his movement forward.

“This will embolden her to run,” Democratic consultant Doug Schoen told The Post, citing Ocasio-Cortez’s support for successful progressive candidates Troy Jackson in Maine and Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost the 2024 presidential election, could also draw encouragement from the Georgia results. She campaigned there for Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms, while Black women won every statewide office in the state except one.

Harris has remained at the top of Democratic presidential polling averages this year, helped by her broad name recognition despite her defeat in 2024.

“If she runs it’s going to be a big factor to her advantage,” said Charles Bullock III, a political science professor at the University of Georgia. He pointed out that Black women generally vote at higher rates than Black men.

The Democratic field could also include several more centrist figures if primary voters push back against the party’s leftward movement and the influence of the Democratic Socialists of America. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and former Obama Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg are all possible candidates.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, another potential contender, was not on the ballot but helped defeat a billionaire-backed tax proposal that California voters rejected. The result could help him expand his appeal beyond the Democratic Party’s progressive base.

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Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, who also serves as senior pastor of Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, has sounded increasingly like a presidential hopeful after Democrats swept the state’s executive offices.

“It can’t simply be opposing Trump. I think people are looking for a messenger and a visionary who will lay out a clear picture of who we can become,” Warnock told The Post.

With two years still remaining before the presidential contest, one introspective Republican operative said voters want candidates they can come to know and trust. “People want to feel like they know you and they want to have faith in you,” the operative said. “I knew the midterms were going to be rough. I don’t think anybody down here could have predicted how rough it would be.”

The Democrats’ nationwide rout has shaken up the Republican field as well, diminishing the momentum surrounding Vice President JD Vance, who had been viewed as an expected front-runner.

Following Tuesday’s “bloodbath,” one stunned Republican operative said it was “hard to fathom anybody that’s in the administration being able to get us back on track.”

Vance’s standing in betting markets has fallen sharply since Labor Day, leaving him with a 19% chance on Polymarket. Retiring Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said the results “obviously has impact to anybody in the administration right now.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who sought the presidency in 2016, said last week that he planned to remain in his current role after a report suggested he could leave the administration to prepare for another White House bid.

Republicans outside the areas hit hardest by the Democratic surge have begun describing the defeat in stark terms while presenting themselves as possible leaders of the party’s recovery.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential 2028 candidate, called the results the “political equivalent of a meteor strike” and “close to an extinction-level event for Republicans.” He also emphasized that Florida had resisted the Democratic wave.

“DeSantis is serious,” said pollster John McLaughlin, a Trump ally. McLaughlin also predicted that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who labeled the midterms a “Watergate-level repudiation,” and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul will enter the race. Paul’s father, former Rep. Ron Paul, ran for president three times.

“I think you’re going to see more candidates getting into it” after Tuesday’s setback, McLaughlin said.

“It puts DeSantis back in play. And it puts JD Vance in a very weak position and it says to Donald Trump that he has one credible alternative for 2028 and that’s Marco Rubio,” said Schoen, a former pollster for President Bill Clinton.

“I’ve consistently opposed the Iran war, consistently opposed the tariffs, and consistently opposed the deficit. I think that’s what the Republican Party needs to consider as a model moving forward,” Paul told The Post.