Ossoff says "I'm not running for president" amid 2028 speculation

9 News Australia's profile pairs the Georgia senator's denial with David Plouffe's reminder that Barack Obama once sounded similarly reluctant.

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Why this story? One of 9 News Australia's most watched videos since yesterday, with 238,743 views.

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Jon Ossoff gives a direct answer to the presidential speculation surrounding him: "I have zero interest in running for president. I'm not running for president."

That denial is central to Lauren Tomasi's profile for 9 News Australia, which examines the attention following the Georgia Democrat's re-election. The report brings together television commentary about a possible 2028 bid and a pointed response from David Plouffe, who managed Barack Obama's successful presidential campaign: "I think Barack Obama said something similar."

Nine reaches back to Obama's breakthrough speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention to illustrate the comparison. It is a parallel drawn by the report and its commentators, not an announcement of Ossoff's intentions. His own stated position is that he is not running.

The profile also supplies an Australian perspective on the senator already featured here: Nine reports that his mother was born in Sydney and that he formerly held dual citizenship. Ossoff recalls grandparents from Brisbane and Footscray, then contrasts Australia's laid-back culture with the more high-strung atmosphere of American politics.

The short report drew about 239,000 views since yesterday, making it Nine's most-watched upload from the past two days.

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The numbers

Nine's Ossoff profile attracted the largest audience since yesterday among its uploads published in the past two days.

subscribers

1,900,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,728,763,033

views per day

2,132,720

typical day: 2,102,203

the video

views

277,267

likes

11,961

comments

693

days online

2

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

GBNews

2,200,000

AccuWeather

2,190,000

Localish

2,170,000

C-SPAN

1,980,000

9 News Australia

1,900,000

CBS Sunday Morning

1,890,000

As of November 8, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.