EXCLUSIVE - Former Vice President Mike Pence isn't ruling out another run for the White House in 2028, telling Fox News Digital that he has heard from people across the country about a potential presidential bid.The former vice president also delivered a warning to his party following the GOP's severe setbacks in the 2026 midterm elections, arguing that Republicans risk another defeat unless they abandon departures from the traditional conservative principles that have defined the party for decades.Pence, who unsuccessfully campaigned for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said at an event in September at the Economic Club of Washington that he had "no plans" to run for president or any other elected office in 2028.But in his first interview since the midterms, Pence appeared to leave the door open to another White House bid, telling Fox News Digital he's received outreach urging him to consider another White House bid.ONLY ON FOX NEWS: PENCE DELIVERS SCATHING REBUKE TO VANCE, TRUMPFormer Vice President Mike Pence, in a Fox News Digital interview, leaves the door open to another White House run in 2028.(Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg via Getty Images)"We've been hearing from a lot of people around the country.
I've been very humbled by that," he said.Pence didn't reveal any timeline for making a 2028 decision.Instead he repeatedly emphasized that "the most important thing is that we win the presidency in 2028.And to do that, I think it will be essential that we focus first on what we're for before we focus on who we're for."WILL TRUMP AVOID MAKING AN ENDORSEMENT IN THE 2028 GOP NOMINATION RACE?Pence, who has seen Advancing American Freedom, his policy and advocacy organization, dramatically expand over the past year, highlighted that he's going to "continue to lean into advocating that broad mainstream conservative agenda that's defined the Republican Party for the last 50 years.""The truth is if, if we don't return the Republican Party to the principles ...