Rocky Mountain High: Ron DeSantis heads to Idaho, Montana to push Balanced Budget Amendment

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. 3/4/25-Gov. Ron DeSantis talks with the media after giving the State of the State speech on the opening day of the 2025 Legislative Session, Tuesday at the Capitol in Tallahassee. COLIN HACKLEY PHOTO

Gov. Ron DeSantis is headed to Idaho and Montana Monday, where he will hold press conferences with Governors Brad Little and Greg Gianforte.

The press advisory from the Governor’s Office omitted details about why he’s going. However, Idaho News 6 reports that the Florida Governor will be pushing for a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as part of the Balanced Budget Campaign supported by all Republican Governors.

KTXB reports he will be in Idaho for a so-called “informal rally aimed at state legislators” between 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. The press conference in Idaho is slated for 9:30 a.m Mountain Time, while the Montana event (presumably covering the same topic) is scheduled for 1:45 MT.

The Governor has made news involving both states in the last year.

DeSantis found a way to disparage Idaho’s recent economic growth, arguing that its lower population than Florida made it impossible to truly equate what’s happened in the two states.

At a press conference, the Governor was discussing Florida having the second-best performance in the “economy,” which has grown by more than 30% since he has been in office. He said Florida led “sizable states,” but less-populated “Idaho may be a little bit more than us.”

But DeSantis dissed the comparison between the states.

“Idaho has less people than Polk County does, so it’s a little bit different comparison when you’re talking, and I love Idaho, but it’s just not the same as comparing to a mature economy,” he said at Winter Haven’s Central Florida Intermodal Logistics Center.

While Gov. DeSantis hasn’t held forth about Montana’s economy, he was active in working to get U.S.  Senator Tim Sheehy elected last year.

Meanwhile, First Lady Casey DeSantis vacationed in the state last July. She ran a 5K according to a published report.