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President Trump’s 2026 revenge tour within the GOP is largely complete after helping oust Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R) on Tuesday, but there’s a growing list of detractors who may face his wrath in two years.

Trump has scored one primary victory after another over the past month, ousting several Indiana state legislators who bucked him on redistricting, two senators and one congressman, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), underscoring his strength within his party despite his falling approval ratings.

While Trump doesn’t have other major targets left this year, here’s who may be on his radar in 2028.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) may be the most obvious target for Trump in two years, but ousting her won’t be easy.

Murkowski is set to be one of the only members of Congress left in the next session who voted to convict the president for his conduct leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. The only other senators still in the upper chamber are Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who lost his primary against a Trump-backed opponent this month, and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who is running for reelection this year.

National Republicans have avoided criticizing the moderate Collins as she represents a blue-leaning state, but Murkowski’s Alaska is much more reliably red. Still, she has overcome past challenges.

Trump endorsed a Republican challenger to Murkowski in 2022, Kelly Tshibaka, but Murkowski managed to win comfortably in Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system. She’s also demonstrated an ability to appeal to some Democrats, giving her the necessary coalition to keep winning — so far.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has often been a punching bag for the president as a constant contrarian in the Senate GOP, but Trump endorsed him for reelection in 2022.

That may change this time after several instances in which Paul has broken with his party on key votes. That’s included Trump’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act and spending votes. He’s also consistently voted to curb the president’s war powers in Iran.

“Rand votes NO on everything, but never has any practical or constructive ideas. His ideas are actually crazy (losers!). The people of Kentucky can’t stand him,” Trump posted online last June after Paul said he would vote against his tax cut and spending bill.

Still, Paul has been a strong defender of Trump at other times.

“I was a big defender of the president on impeachment, so I think there’s quite a bit of difference,” Paul told reporters about a possible comparison to Cassidy, Politico reported.

Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) has flown under the radar compared to some other Trump detractors, but like Cornyn, he was notably skeptical about his return to the White House in 2024.

Young declined to endorse the president in his comeback bid, taking issue with several topics, including Trump’s stance on the Russia-Ukraine war. He also has been among the more collaborative senators, voting for former President Biden’s bipartisan gun safety bill, potentially making him vulnerable to a challenge from the right.

Young and Trump haven’t had any major confrontations, but the president did slam him and other senators in January for their vote to rein in his military authority in Venezuela. He said they should “never be elected to office again.”

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has branded herself throughout her congressional career as one of Trump’s most ardent supporters, but their relationship is on the rocks over her support for Massie.

The president threatened to pull his endorsement of Boebert earlier this month after she campaigned with her Kentucky colleague. The president called her “weak-minded” and invited a primary challenger to oppose her.

That call came too late for 2026, as the filing deadline in Colorado already closed and Boebert is running unopposed for the Republican nomination. But Trump could circle back in 2028.

Boebert has defended her willingness to break with the president, saying she doesn’t need to be a “rubber stamp” for him in order to support him. Following Massie’s loss,........

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