AOC Weighs 2028 Presidential Run or Senate Bid Against Schumer Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she is weighing a 2028 presidential run or a challenge to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, with a decision expected after this year's midterm elections. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is weighing whether to run for president in 2028 or challenge Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for his Senate seat, according to a recent New York Times interview. The 36-year-old progressive lawmaker says she gets asked about her plans nearly every interview and event. I know there is a lot of speculation about what I will decide to do in 2028, Ocasio-Cortez said. She added that her decision, which could come sometime after this year's midterm elections, would come down to answering one question: Where can I do the most good?Ocasio-Cortez also pushed back on the idea that her choices would be shaped by deference to party leadership. I don't think that my decisions would come down to deference, she said in the interview. If she chooses a statewide run over a national one, it could set up a titanic Democratic Party and generational battle between her and the soon-to-be 76-year-old Schumer.Speculation Mounts About Ocasio-Cortez RunSchumer was first elected to Congress nearly half a century ago and has served in the Senate since 1999. A campaign swing over the past few days throughout upstate New York by Ocasio-Cortez raised some eyebrows. While the trip was aimed at boosting fellow Democrats on the ballot in this year's elections, it sparked speculation that it was also a move to build relationships far from her base in New York City.Schumer has left his 2028 plans open and has not announced whether he will run for yet another term. When asked about re-election, he has repeatedly said his first focus is winning in 2026, getting back the Senate in 2026. Fox News Digital reached out to Schumer's office about his thinking on a potential 2028 re-election run but did not receive a response by the time the story was published.Strategists Doubt AOC Will Challenge SchumerA potential intra-party clash between Ocasio-Cortez and Schumer may never materialize, according to plugged-in Democratic strategists familiar with the New York state political landscape. They doubt Schumer will seek re-election even if his party wins back the Senate majority in November's midterms. Everyone has an expiration date, said one strategist, who like the others asked to remain anonymous to speak more freely.Referring to Ocasio-Cortez, the strategist told Fox News Digital, I think she's in a good position to win statewide. Another operative, pointing to Schumer, speculated, I think Schumer wants to go out on top and with a good legacy and one way to do that is to hand the reins over to this inspiring generational leader.At the same time, New York politics are insane and there are lots of people gunning for that spot and he may feel like he can't do that. He's always been pretty smart when it came to her, the operative noted. As other Dems were still warming to her, he was one of the first members of the New York delegation to be very welcoming and thoughtful and worked with her on legislation during COVID.Polling Data Reveals Voter SentimentMeanwhile, 41% of Empire State voters viewed Ocasio-Cortez favorably, with 36% seeing her in an unfavorable light. A third Democratic strategist said of Schumer, He was the supreme retail politician. Once he became leader, he became a swamp creature from Washington and it started to chip away his popularity back home.Asked if that prospect would make potentially challenging Schumer more difficult, Ocasio-Cortez told the New York Times, That would honestly be the best possible problem we could have as a country. Recent fundraising text messages sent to supporters appeared to take jabs at the Democratic establishment, of which Schumer is a part. She did not name any particular person in the notes.The establishment believes that there's only one path to winning: Don't upset the status quo, don't stand up to the concentration of greed taking over our country, and instead spend most of your time fundraising from powerful donors, one message read. But Alexandria's campaign didn't win in 2018 by following the establishment playbook. Another message said her 2018 victory represented a threat to the typical D.C. power structure that existed back then and still exist now.The debate over her future comes as Fox Business' Dagen McDowell said on The Big Money Show that AOC is very full of herself during a panel discussion about a potential 2028 presidential run.