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☆ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who was once seen as the biggest threat to Trump's 2024 White House bid, ends his presidential campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ron DeSantis is ending his 2024 presidential campaign. DeSantis entered the race with lofty expectations, with many conservatives seeing him as a next-generation GOP figure. But Trump has had a disciplined campaign, and DeSantis lost key support in many early-voting states. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Ron DeSantis on Sunday suspended his presidential campaign, a stunning fall for the conservative leader who had long been seen as the biggest threat to former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Trump, —, Donald Trump's, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley's, Haley Organizations: Service, Republican, COVID, Republicans, Trump, GOP, New, South Carolina Republican Locations: Florida, Iowa, Iowa's counties, New Hampshire

☆ What's next for Nikki Haley after finishing third in Iowa?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

She only finished two percentage points behind Florida Gov. AdvertisementThe Iowa caucuses have come and gone, and despite finishing third, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is still poised to make a serious run at second place for the nomination. In third, just behind DeSantis, was Haley with 19% of the vote. AdvertisementAnd while it's farther away at the end of February, a poll in Michigan from early January also showed Haley in second, 10 percentage points in front of DeSantis.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Haley's, —, Donald Trump, Haley, Haley wasn't, Trump Organizations: GOP, Former, Florida Gov, Service, South Carolina Gov, CNN, Trump, South Carolina, Emerson Locations: Iowa, Trump, Florida, New Hampshire, South Carolina, DeSantis, Michigan

☆ Ron DeSantis is running the Iowa playbook — and hoping that’s what still counts
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Alec Hernández | Bianca Seward | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Ron DeSantis' campaign is announcing the completion of a longtime campaign pledge Saturday: touring all of Iowa's 99 counties, a milestone for a campaign that has devoted significant resources to the first-in-the-nation contest. On paper, DeSantis has made significant strides in running a traditionally successful Iowa campaign, racking up influential endorsements and dedicating significant time, personnel and financial resources to the state. And while the DeSantis campaign, with significant super PAC help, has stayed focused on Iowa, it remains unclear just what the traditional Iowa playbook counts for in this unusual modern campaign against Trump. "Winning an Iowa caucus requires a strong combination of outworking and out-organizing the competition and that's been the Ron DeSantis model. Inside the sprint to the caucusesStill, the DeSantis playbook in Iowa hardly stops at the "Full Grassley."

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