Florida Governor Ron DeSantis seems to be finalizing his plans before announcing his intention to run for the GOP presidential nomination in 2024.
A person with knowledge of the issue told CNBC that the governor’s political operation began transferring out of its Tallahassee offices and into a new site on Monday.
Ron DeSantis Prepares for Presidential Bid
The procedure will probably cost more than $5,000, which will start a 15-day clock ticking until it files a so-called Statement of Candidacy form with the Federal Election Commission.
The action, which NBC News reported on Friday, is anticipated to essentially start DeSantis’ last run before he declares his candidacy for president.
According to statistics from ad-tracking company AdImpact, the polling gap between the frontrunners has increased despite though super PACs supporting DeSantis and Trump have each spent more than $10 million on advertising in the primary so far.
If the governor’s friends are successful in moving about $86 million from the state GOP to a federal super PAC that can use it to support his national campaign, the pro-DeSantis political operations could soon enjoy a significant windfall.
Some observers anticipate that action from the supporters of the Florida governor at the same time that DeSantis makes his presidential bid public.
DeSantis has recently visited with significant contributors to promote his candidacy for president. Some of those prospective donors have since praised the governor’s skills, but one major GOP donor, Steve Schwarzman, is delaying after meeting with the governor.
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Campaign Launch with Donor Briefing and Office Move
DeSantis is not permitted by law to solicit or accept donations for a presidential campaign until he has properly announced his candidacy.
If the governor chooses not to ask for donations, he can nevertheless meet with potential supporters to inform them of his 2024 goals.
The meeting with donors scheduled for next week seems to be the most recent action in a string of recent actions that suggest DeSantis’ 2024 presidential campaign will soon begin.
One of them was the relocation of DeSantis’ political staff to new offices on Monday from the Republican Party of Florida headquarters, where it had been based since the November 2018 governor’s race.
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