A.G. Gancarski
Is a DeSantis dynasty imminent?
Not so fast, says Florida’s Governor, though he notes it’s “flattering” that it’s being discussed after reportage that First Lady Casey DeSantis is being talked up as a “very real” possibility as the logical successor to her husband as Governor, there may not be fresh polling.
“She’s a force of nature. I think people look at it, they say, ‘Well, the Governor won by 20 points. Obviously Casey would do better because she’s so much better’, but it’s not something that she’s seeking out,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said on the Ingraham Angle.
He believes that “a lot of people are just concerned about the future of the state,” which drives speculation.
“But this is not anything new,” he added. “People have been asking her to do this for a long time, but she’s not seeking to do anything. But it’s flattering that people are asking her to do it.”
Fresh reporting from Matt Dixon of NBC News says differently, with a “source familiar with her thinking” suggesting it’s a possibility.
“I would say this: I have heard donors have been urging her to run and that while it’s not something she has wanted to do, they are causing her to at least stop and listen,” Dixon cites his source.
Gov. DeSantis paints his wife as more ideologically pure than he is, which won’t stifle speculation.
“She’s one of the rare political spouses,” he told Ingraham. “Even though I’m probably the most conservative Governor in the country, she may even be more conservative than me.
Give the Governor credit for consistency: He said in May that if he “had to hypothesize her interest in getting into the political thicket as a candidate,” he would “characterize it as zero.”
That said, polls show Florida Republicans have more than “zero” interest in the DeSantis family remaining in the Governor’s Mansion.
Per a June polling memo from Florida Atlantic University, she leads a field of candidates with 43% support, ahead of Byron Donalds at 19%, with Jimmy Patronis and Matt Gaetz further back still.
A poll conducted in April by FAU showed 38% of 372 Florida Republicans polled would choose the First Lady in a head-to-head race against Gaetz, who would receive 16% support in that scenario.
A University of North Florida Public Opinion Research Lab survey from November 2023 showed the First Lady with 22% support, a lead in a crowded field of potential candidates.
While she previously acknowledged the talk is “humbling,” she also maintains that the seeming enthusiasm for her running is due to her “rock star” husband and the job he’s done as the state’s Chief Executive.
However, the buzz isn’t quieting, and the race will start to get real after Sine Die, so decision time is nigh for the former newscaster in the Jacksonville market.
15 comments
MH/Duuuval
February 11, 2025 at 9:22 pm
We she will, will she won’t — unh unh, honey don’t.
SuzyQ
February 11, 2025 at 10:57 pm
I hope she changes her mind, for it would result in another electoral landslide by another DeSantis.
LT
February 11, 2025 at 11:01 pm
Lawd no. We need to escape the DeSatan grasp.
Peachy
February 12, 2025 at 5:03 am
Why? He has done a great job and is wildly popular here.
JD
February 12, 2025 at 9:05 am
Popular where? The survey from the Villages or SWFL?
Great job how? High covid rates and astronomical housing and insurance prices?
Did wages rise to meet those prices and the increased rent?
But you’ll give a pass because it’s supply and demand?
It’s bad governance. While he was pulling power to the state from the local muni’s he could have squashed the NIMBY BS and built more housing via ADU’s, small homes, and DingBat style multi-units by fixing regulation that focused on supplying those to only home owners and small landlords of 4 unites or less (remember they’re all for deregulating).
But he didn’t. Because he didn’t do a great a job. Nor did Patronis.
Earl Pitts "Ron & Casey's Official "Un-Offical" 2028 POTUS CAMPAIGNE MANAGER" AMERICAN
February 12, 2025 at 6:30 am
Welp, I’ve been telling y’all that Ron & The Beautiful Casey will be taking the Next 2 POTUS Terms after Trump. So what do y’all do? You make up this “Fancifull Yarn” about Casey becoming Florida’s Govornor in 2026.
WAKE UP AMERICA & PAY ATTENTION TO EARL!!!!
Thank you,
Earl Pitts “Ron & Casey’s Official “Un-Offical” 2028 POTUS CAMPAIGNE MANAGER” AMERICAN
Ron Ogden
February 12, 2025 at 6:37 am
“. . .it’s not something that she’s seeking out.”
Of course not. She’s far too sophisticated to allow people to think she is ambitious–unlike a couple of Florida men whose names I am sure everyone recognizes. But would she bow to the will of the people to save our good conservative government from the clutches of the crazies?
I sincerely hope so.
Peachy
February 12, 2025 at 7:48 am
Funny how people will tell you Michelle Obama is qualified to run the US, yet Casey isn’t qualified to run the State of Florida. Hypocrisy at its finest. 🤣
Impeach Musk
February 12, 2025 at 8:20 am
What people would those be? Michelle Obama isn’t stupid enough to run and has said so many times. Casey, on the other hand, is qualified exactly how?
JD
February 12, 2025 at 9:12 am
That’s because the ones claiming Michelle Obama was qualified to run the U.S. were mostly FOX and OAN, reporting that others were saying it.
It was mentioned as a public interest speculation and they took it out of context. Funny how they do that. Seems like a tenant of propaganda.
Peachy
February 12, 2025 at 11:04 am
Nope. Many in the liberal media made those suggestions when it was obvious the Coup de Pelosi was gonna remove Slo Joe.
JD
February 12, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Are you lying or misinformed? Regardless stop repeating untruths because they border lies.
Casey DeSantis is actually being considered for a 2026 governor run, with GOP donors and polls showing real interest.
Meanwhile, Michelle Obama keeps getting brought up by the media and public polls, even though she’s said over and over she’s not running.
Casey’s push is coming from inside the party, while Michelle’s is just speculation people won’t let go of.
PeterH
February 12, 2025 at 8:31 am
She’s not qualified. Period!
Peachy
February 12, 2025 at 11:02 am
You aren’t an independent. Period! 🤣
Victoria Olson
February 12, 2025 at 7:25 pm
Everyone knows that Casey will be the PUPPET for DeSatan and Floridians are sick & tired of him acting like a Dicktator infringing on our Constructional rights thinking his constituents are too stupid to pay attention, all his horrible human rights bills have been deemed UNCONSTUTIONAL and reversed and Florida Taxpayers paid his legal bills, if your not outraged you should be.
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