A.G. Gancarski
Hawkeye State Republicans are about to get an eyeful of pro-Ron DeSantis content.
Starting Monday, July 31, the pro-DeSantis Never Back Down PAC will buy TV time in Iowa.
The ad buy comes just days after the committee stages a bus tour in the state for DeSantis. That tour begins Thursday morning when the candidate touches down in Des Moines. The tour will go 154 miles with three stops over 12 hours in the southern part of the Hawkeye State.
A meet-and-greet will get underway at noon at a bar and grill in Chariton. He’ll then head to a town hall at an Osceola distillery to the west and swing 80 miles east where the tour wraps for another meet-and-greet at an Oskaloosa coffee shop. On Friday, DeSantis will appear at the sold-out Iowa GOP Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines.
The ad buy comes as polling shows DeSantis’ second-place standing is under siege.
A Fox Business survey released on Sunday reveals just 5 points separate the Florida Governor and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina.
DeSantis has 16% support, with Scott at 11%.
Both contenders are far behind Donald Trump, who is at 46%.
The rest of the field is in single digits: Vivek Ramaswamy at 6%, Nikki Haley at 5%, Mike Pence at 4%, Chris Christie and Doug Burgum at 3% each, and Asa Hutchinson and Francis Suarez both at 1%.
This survey is the second in the last few days to show a Scott surge.
A recent Coefficient Poll of Iowa shows DeSantis has 16% support, with Scott at 10%. Again, Trump is at 46%.
The polling comes in the wake of a DeSantis campaign memo that says Scott is a target for the foreseeable future, a seeming tacit admission the South Carolina Senator’s surge is at the Governor’s expense.
“While Tim Scott has earned a serious look at this stage, his bio is lacking the fight that our electorate is looking for in the next President,” the memo asserts. “We expect Tim Scott to receive appropriate scrutiny in the weeks ahead.”
The Race to the White House polling average of Iowa shows Trump ahead of DeSantis, 45% to 18%, with Scott at 9%.
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Anne Geggis of Florida Politics contributed to this report.
4 comments
Dont Say FLA
July 25, 2023 at 10:08 am
Cannot wait to see just how bad these ads are. Can they eclipse Gay Rhonda and Mama Grizzly in their badness? Will they be more damaging than the campaign cars all crashing into each other because they can’t even drive? I can’t wait to see these ads so I can laugh even more @ Stupid Incompetent Rhonda
Dont Say FLA
July 25, 2023 at 10:11 am
And yes, Stupid Incompetent Rhoda *is* a campaign insider joke. I have my sources. TBH it’s how I predict so many of Rhonda’s failures.
The Rhonda campaign staffers all have to work really hard not to giggle every single time they say “Yes SIR” to Rhonda. It’s a struggle. Yes SIR heheheheh eheheh hehehehehhe heheehhehehehe
My Take
July 25, 2023 at 10:49 am
Ďo the ads have Nazi symbols?
How overt this time?
My Take
July 25, 2023 at 11:17 am
News about Nazi, Ron DeSantis
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