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Ron DeSantis entered the 2024 presidential race last May with swagger, high expectations and US$130 million in the bank. He exited the race on Sunday less than a year later with cratering poll numbers.
Once a GOP rock star, the Florida governor’s campaign was hit with a slew of problems — some before it even began.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) surprise decision to drop out of the GOP presidential primary less than a week after the Iowa caucuses laid bare the challenges he faced in his effort to topple former President Trump. The DeSantis campaign and the super PAC supporting him grappled with a wave of bad headlines throughout the…
DeSantis PAC leader spent time doing jigsaw puzzle as his campaign fizzled: report
In the days leading up to the Iowa caucuses, top advisers to Ron DeSantis steeled themselves for a grim result. The polling that for months told them enough Republicans there were ready to move on from Donald Trump was now predicting that most of them wouldn’t, and they began to consider options for the Florida governor with his political future in mind.