Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN) Convention in New York City is drawing potential 2028 Democratic contenders looking to engage Black voters, The Hill reported.
Scheduled to attend the April 8-11 convention include former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro. While none have formally announced 2028 campaigns or openly said they were running, the NAN convention is a great way to put issues in front of Black voters, who have historically shaped the outcome of Democratic races.
Democratic strategist Joel Payne said the NAN convention “starts to give you a sense of what this field is going to look like.”
“Black voters are a core—if not the core—group of constituents in the Democratic coalition, and this is the first time these candidates are going to be sized up,” Payne said. “It’s a chance to reset narratives and set what your public profile might be.”
Shapiro spoke to the crowd, warning that “everyone is less safe” under President Donald Trump’s leadership, blaming him for a new surge of antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism and bigotry.
“There’s more chaos, there’s more cruelty in our world,” Shapiro said, according to WRIC. “Even if we disagree on health care policy or tax policy or whatever, we should at least, at a baseline, have an honorable president of the United States. We do not have that right now.”
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