Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis headed for Greg Abbott’s Texas turf to headline GOP fundraisers

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, extensively thought of a prime 2024 presidential contender, is headed to Texas subsequent month to headline two native Republican Party fundraising dinners.

On March 4, DeSantis is scheduled to attend the annual Dallas County Republican Party’s Reagan Day Dinner. That’s after his deliberate look in Houston for the Harris County GOP’s Lincoln Reagan Dinner.

“Ron DeSantis is popular across the county and he’s a great speaker. We’re excited about it,” stated Dallas County Republican Party Chairwoman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu. “Clearly there may be some Trump supporters who don’t like it, but most people are looking forward to it.”

Former President Donald Trump has already introduced his marketing campaign for the White House and is taken into account the frontrunner. But polls present DeSantis, who has all the time been standard with Trump’s Make America Great Again motion, is operating shut to the previous president.

Across the nation, GOP donors are taking a wait-and-see strategy to the presidential election, including big-money backers who once worked for Trump.

DeSantis’ Texas go to is notable as a result of it’s on the house turf of Gov. Greg Abbott, who’s in his third time period and in addition thought of a GOP presidential contender. Abbott says he’s centered on the 2023 legislative session, which started in January. His political adviser, Dave Carney, said the Texas governor would weigh his options after the session resulted in May.

Until then Abbott gained’t journey the nation talking at Republican Party dinners. Those occasions are normally populated with presidential hopefuls and different candidates wanting to collect help for elected workplace.

Last 12 months the Dallas County GOP’s Reagan Day Dinner featured former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has additionally been talked about as a attainable 2024 presidential candidate.

Abbott is just not the one Texan talked about as a attainable candidate within the 2024 presidential sweepstakes. Sen. Ted Cruz, the final Republican standing in opposition to Trump in 2016, can also be thought of a GOP presidential contender, although he says he plans to run subsequent 12 months for reelection to Senate.

Stoddard-Hajdu stated Abbott and DeSantis are two of the nation’s hottest and completed governors.

“We like Abbott too,” she stated, including that he has an invite to converse as effectively.