And door knockers are fanning out from Des Moines to Dubuque and everywhere in between.
The Iowa caucuses, the first contest in the Republican nominating calendar, are poised to play an especially consequential role in 2024.
Far ahead in national polls, Mr. Trump is aiming for an emphatic victory on Jan. 15 in Iowa that could serve as an early knockout punch.
Mr. DeSantis, the Florida governor, is betting on Iowa to pierce Mr. Trump’s growing aura of inevitability — and to reassert himself as the main rival to short-circuit Mr. Trump’s third run for president.
Mr. DeSantis, who won the backing of the state’s popular Republican governor, has been barnstorming across all of Iowa’s 99 counties, bolstered by an army of door knockers paid for by his related super PAC.
Persons:
Donald J, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Trump, DeSantis, Trump’s
Organizations:
Republican
Locations:
Iowa, Des Moines, Dubuque, Florida