Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been gaining traction in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, with a recent poll showing him in second place behind former President Donald Trump. However, a new super PAC supporting DeSantis faces some challenges in its efforts to boost his campaign in Iowa, with some experts questioning whether it will be enough to unseat Trump.
The super PAC, Fight Right, is led by Blake Harris, a former adviser to Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, who dropped out of the presidential race in November. Fight Right has already spent $980,000 on TV ads in Iowa, targeting former United Nations ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who is polling just behind DeSantis in the state.
However, there have been reports of infighting within the DeSantis-aligned Never Back Down super PAC over how best to prevent Haley from gaining ground ahead of the Jan. 15 caucuses. DeSantis has already spent much of the summer focusing his campaign efforts in Iowa, and Never Back Down transferred $1 million to Fight Right ahead of its first ad buy.
DeSantis campaign manager James Uthmeier has welcomed the independent efforts of Fight Right, which he said will focus on providing “welcome air support” to the governor. Never Back Down, which Uthmeier called “the greatest Iowa turnout machine ever,” will focus on DeSantis’ grassroots.
Meanwhile, Haley’s presidential campaign received a key endorsement from Americans for Prosperity, the political arm of the powerful Koch network, which has been building a network of paid and volunteer conservative activists in key states for several years. Still, Trump remains the overwhelming favorite in the race, with his campaign spokesman dismissing Americans for Prosperity as “the political arm of China’s first, America’s last movement.”
In response, DeSantis spokesman Andrew Romeo compared Koch’s endorsement to a Trump campaign contribution, saying that “every dollar spent on Nikki Haley’s candidacy should be reported as in-kind the Trump campaign.”
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