{"id":2610933,"date":"2026-06-05T07:14:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emanuel-kicks-tires-on-a-2028-bid-with-a-new-hampshire-bike-tour\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T07:17:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:17:23","slug":"emanuel-kicks-tires-on-a-2028-bid-with-a-new-hampshire-bike-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emanuel-kicks-tires-on-a-2028-bid-with-a-new-hampshire-bike-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Emanuel kicks tires on a 2028\u00a0bid with a New Hampshire bike tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Femanuel-kicks-tires-on-a-2028-bid-with-a-new-hampshire-bike-tour%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2610933&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rahm Emanuel is launching an early push toward the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination by campaigning in New Hampshire ahead of the crowded field.On Friday, he is known for taking the bicycle lane around New Hampshire during a three-day tour that also includes stops raising money for a nonprofit that provides bicycles to underprivileged children and attending a Democratic Party event before continuing the ride.<\/p>\n<p>his \u201cshadow campaign\u201d calls the trip the \u201cspin-Free Tour,\u201d with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >emanuel holding community meetings<\/a> along the way, and it\u2019s part of a broader effort to position him as a candidate focused more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-senator-rick-scotts-plan-to-rescue-america\/\" title=\"Newt Gingrich: Senator Rick Scott\u2019s Plan to Rescue America\">specific policy ideas<\/a> than politics-as-usual. He has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christians-have-done-the-most-to-promote-liberty-and-equality-in-america\/\" title=\"Christians promoted liberty and equality in America the most.\">promoting education reform<\/a> through a \u201cgrand bargain,\u201d and he has written opinion pieces on national security and military reform,with supporters arguing that Democratic voters want concrete solutions rather than primarily anti-Trump messaging.<\/p>\n<p>While some Democrats view the policy-forward approach positively, analysts quoted in the piece suggest the timing is too early for New Hampshire voters to pay much attention.Polling cited from RealClearPolitics also indicates Emanuel has not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-campaign-bullish-on-election-eve\/\" title=\"Youngkin Campaign Bullish on Election Eve\">made significant inroads<\/a> yet, with Kamala Harris leading early name-identification-based support and othre major figures (including Gavin Newsom, Pete Buttigieg, and Alexandria ocasio-Cortez) trailing, while many others remain in single digits well before voting begins.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rahm-emanuel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"21940\">Rahm Emanuel<\/a> is trying to carve a lane for himself in what is expected to be a crowded <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2028-elections\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2028-elections\">2028<\/a> Democratic presidential primary field by starting to campaign early and announcing policy positions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he\u2019s taking it further on Friday by taking the bicycle lane around <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-hampshire\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"572\">New Hampshire<\/a> as part of a three-day tour of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-i-may-never-see-eye-to-eye-with-trump-on-jan-6\/\" title=\"Pence: I May Never &#039;See Eye to Eye&#039; With ... on Jan. 6\">early voting state<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4596038\/biden-baggage-harris-buttigieg-2028\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Jill Biden memoir revives questions about Biden baggage for 2028 Democrats<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4592948\/andy-beshear-tests-appeal-2028-candidate\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Beshear tests appeal beyond Kentucky as 2028 speculation grows<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4595891\/trump-hunter-biden-could-do-well-2028-election\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says Hunter Biden \u2018could do well\u2019 in 2028<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emanuel is raising money for a New Hampshire nonprofit organization that provides bicycles to underprivileged children, in addition to raising his profile. He\u2019s also attending a Democratic Party event in North Hampton before mounting his bike for the tour. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emanuel\u2019s shadow campaign is calling the Portsmouth to Hanover trip the \u201cSpin-Free Tour,\u201d with the former Clinton<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8767\"> White House<\/a> aide, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illinois\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"206\">Illinois<\/a> congressman, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/obama\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1563\">Obama<\/a> White House chief of staff, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chicago\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"808\">Chicago<\/a> mayor, and U.S. ambassador to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/japan\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"593\">Japan<\/a> holding \u201ccommunity meetings\u201d along the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But spin aside, the tour comes as Emanuel tries to differentiate himself from other Democrats considering a run for their party\u2019s presidential nomination. Part of that is an attempt to brand himself as the candidate of policy positions, including last week\u2019s announcement of \u201cgrand bargain\u201d on education reform. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emanuel has also written a plethora of opinion pieces, including one in March explaining his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/opposing-trump-isnt-a-global-strategy-8194da5f\">national security policy platform<\/a> and another in May calling for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/the-u-s-military-needs-another-revolution-efaa0ad8\">military reform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A source familiar with Emanuel told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> the former mayor \u201cfeels very strongly that we have an education emergency, and no one is talking about how to solve it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe national conversation is so badly warped by Trump and Beltway politics,\u201d the source said. \u201cSo from a policy perspective, everything flows from that, and he wants to focus on policies and ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although a policy-driven campaign did not help Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elizabeth-warren\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"250\">Elizabeth Warren<\/a> (D-MA) in her 2020 Democratic primary campaign, Emanuel\u2019s approach has been welcomed by some Democrats wanting the party\u2019s message to be more than just anti-Trump rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmericans are pessimistic about the future and are hungry for real solutions,\u201d said Colin Seeberger, a senior adviser at the Center for American Progress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Hampshire Institute of Politics Director Neil Levesque told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Emanuel\u2019s bike trip comes as the former Chicago mayor has the 2028 stage mostly to himself. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe bike trip is another opportunity to be placing himself in front of voters in a way that creates connection and attention without a typical podium speech,\u201d Levesque said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emanuel is not the first presidential candidate to take a different mode of transport around New Hampshire, with University of New Hampshire politics professor Dante Scala remembering how former Tennessee Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander once hiked around the Granite State in 1996.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But for Scala, Emanuel is embarking on his trip far too early for New Hampshire voters to care. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou would be hard pressed to find activists who care much at this point,\u201d Scala told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cThey\u2019re focused more on the midterms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To that end, despite his best attempts, Emanuel is not putting a dent in early hypothetical 2028 Democratic primary polls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to polling aggregator <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/democratic-primary\/2028\/national\"><em>RealClearPolitics<\/em><\/a>, former Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"748\">Kamala Harris<\/a> has an early, likely name identification-driven edge, leading what is anticipated to be a large group of Democratic presidential candidates with an average of 27% support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4592163\/bill-pulte-attack-dog-charm-offensive-trump\/\"><strong>HOW BILL PULTE TURNED BEING AN ATTACK DOG INTO A CHARM OFFENSIVE WITH TRUMP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1426\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) has an average of 18% support, former Transportation Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-buttigieg\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"410\">Pete Buttigieg<\/a> has 13%, and Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"282\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) has 12%. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other potential candidates are only polling in single digits a good 18 months before the first votes will be cast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rahm Emanuel starts early for 2028, biking in New Hampshire and touting policy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2610934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26093439053531.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[47150,80861,33933,28969,33594],"class_list":["post-2610933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2028-bid","tag-bike-tour","tag-campaign-trail","tag-emanuel","tag-new-hampshire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26093439053531.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610933"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610937,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610933\/revisions\/2610937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2610934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}