Mr. DeSantis and his allies, however, are testing the limits of the campaign finance system.
The filings showed that the super PAC had received donations of more than $1 million from just seven wealthy Republicans, or firms connected to them.
One of those donors, Saul Fox, also gave money to a super PAC supporting Mr. Trump.
The super PAC did not reach $30 million until almost two months later, the week that Mr. DeSantis formally became a presidential candidate.
When Mr. DeSantis’s super PAC made the earlier claim about its fund-raising, the money raised came primarily from a single megadonor, Robert Bigelow, a real estate and aerospace mogul from Las Vegas.
Persons:
DeSantis, DeSantis’s, Saul Fox, Trump, Robert Bigelow
Organizations:
PAC, Mr, DeSantis’s
Locations:
Iowa, Las Vegas