Tuesday night's resounding landslide win in Florida by Gov. Ron DeSantis was a bright spot for Republicans, who otherwise waited for a red wave that never arrived and watched Trump-backed candidates flounder in key battlegrounds. On CTVNews.ca, read CNN's Steve Contorno's analysis on how momentum and planning for a DeSantis 2024 presidential bid is taking off.
rarely engaged in the speculation or mudslinging. He insisted a statement victory in his bid for a second term needed to precede any discussion of 2024.19-point landslide win over Democrat Charlie Crist
Within Florida, DeSantis allies are already huddling about what comes next. Even before Election Day, there was a strong sense among those in his orbit that DeSantis would likely launch a presidential campaign regardless of whether Trump did the same. Multiple sources told CNN that DeSantis in recent months has privately suggested to donors that Trump's divisiveness is a hindrance to enacting conservative priorities, a marked shift in how the governor has discussed his former ally.
Even those with access to DeSantis caution that he has not come to a final decision about his future and they say he has maintained a tight circle as he weighs his options. The governor's brain trust is notoriously small. It consists of himself and his wife, Casey. But sources said the DeSantises also are hyper aware that he has a window to make a 2024 move, and though it widened after Tuesday, it might not stay open forever.
The Republican fundraiser said that "anything 'woke' they can find to kill within their path, they're going to do that" and predicted that financial institutions, in particular, would be a DeSantis target this spring. "People not only still have their 2020 signs out, but they have 2024 signs," Stepanek said. "It's still Trump country here in New Hampshire."Despite the tailwinds from Tuesday, DeSantis nevertheless faces an uphill climb to win over GOP primary voters whose loyalty to Trump has not wavered.
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