WASHINGTON (AP) -- After months of speculating, pontificating and spinning, the midterm election season begins in earnest Tuesday.

The Democratic 2028 field is wide, and there's plenty of room for surprises. (Illustration by Lucy Naland/The Washington Post; Melina Mara/The Washington Post; Ilana Panich-Linsman/For The Washington Post; Michelle Gustafson/For The Washington Post; Kylie Cooper/Reuters; iStock) While no one has officially declared their candidacy just yet, the unofficial 2028 Democratic presidential field is taking shape -- and it's sprawling.

In the race for California governor, so many Democratic candidates have crowded into the contest that party insiders have become fearful of a historic calamity in the making.