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Washington — Florida Republicans Gov. Ron DeSantis, a front-runner for president, plans to campaign for the party candidate favored by former President Donald Trump this month in a key battleground state for the 2024 White House election.
DeSantis, currently running for re-election in Florida, will represent candidates for Congress and Gubernatorial in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio and Pennsylvania on August 14 and 19. , will speak at a “Unite to Victory” rally. , his campaign and rally organizer Turning Point Action said on Monday.
"He's a very popular politician and I think he can really make a difference for some of these candidates," said a conservative school Campus his group, Turning Point USA.
DeSantis' campaign declined to comment on his schedule. He is at odds with former Vice President Mike Pence, who has endorsed a candidate who
Kevin Wagner, professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University, said:
"It can also be done by candidates to support other candidates of their choice," he added.
Florida The governor's rally schedule focuses on the Trump-backed candidate who won his party's primary but is struggling to gain an edge over his Democratic rival ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections.
DeSantis will represent US Senate Republican candidates Blake Masters and J.D. Vance, as well as Republican gubernatorial candidates Cali Lake of Arizona and Doug Mastriano of Pennsylvania. of the November elections.
DeSantis will also attend a rally in New Mexico for Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Ronchetti and House incumbent Yvette Herrell.
"Governor DeSantis is a unique politician with the ability to appeal to independents and garner support. These races he won by one, two, three percent. "His appeal is strong enough to make it happen," Corbett said.
Trump, who remains the dominant figure in the Republican Party, has spent months actively endorsing his favorite candidates in multiple states during the primary election season. 's seal of approval could be a disadvantage for independent voters in general elections.
But while he flirted with supporters about his 2024 presidential campaign, congressional hearings on the January 6, 2021 fatal attack on the U.S. Capitol, His position within the Republican Party has also weakened slightly. by his supporters.
His one-third of Republican respondents to a Reuters/Ipsos poll last month believe Trump should not run for president again in 2024.45}
