DeSantis Considers 2024 Presidential Run with $86 Million Campaign Funds

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is optimistic about his chances in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, despite former President Donald Trump's preemptive attacks on his campaign. DeSantis' team believes that the majority of the Republican Party wants to move on from Trump and that the governor's conservative victories in the legislative session are not getting enough credit. DeSantis also enjoys higher net favorability than Trump among likely Republican voters in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, according to internal polling. However, DeSantis faces a considerable challenge in a compressed timetable to forge a disparate coalition of GOP voters and nudge his non-Trump rivals out of the race.