Byron Donalds priced at 0.8% on Polymarket for 2028 GOP nomination
Polymarket traders are pricing Rep. Byron Donalds at 0.8% to win the 2028 Republican presidential nomination as of June 8, 2026, according to Florida Politics. The low odds place him in a tie with TV host and former Congressman Joe Scarborough. The pricing comes despite Donalds's own stated openness to a future presidential run, where he has said timing will be key. In separate Democratic nomination markets, Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff has risen to 9% on Kalshi and 7% on Polymarket, though he still trails front-runners. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has slipped in those same markets, per sources dated June 9.
The Donalds contract offers no disclosed volume, depth, or open interest, mirroring the thin-market conditions in Polymarket's Rubio-Vance and Hunter Biden markets. Traders cannot size positions against unreported liquidity, rendering the 0.8% quote unactionable for institutional risk management.
Donalds joins Rubio and Vance as the latest Republican to draw prediction-market pricing for 2028, as GOP nomination markets on Polymarket increasingly treat Trump's endorsements and timing signals as the primary price driver rather than standalone fundamentals.