Casey DeSantis has advised her husband on media strategy and taken on some of the state’s big issues. The presidential campaign trail is next.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, embraces his wife, Casey, at his election night party in Tampa, Fla., Nov. 8, 2022.
“You have the first ladies that are kind of more in a supportive posture; they are not ones that are out there stumping,” said Steven Wright, the Republican chair in Dorchester County, South Carolina, who encountered Casey DeSantis during the couple’s swing through the area. “And then you have the first ladies that are similar to Casey DeSantis.”
“They could free her up to go on her own to represent the governor at different campaign stops where he can’t be,” said Vander Plaats, citing her “ability to be very poised in front of a crowd.” He recalled that they dined on arugula spring salad, prosciutto-wrapped scallops with green beans and a strawberry fruit salad dessert.
“She’s keenly aware of public-facing events, the news cycle, optics,” said Stephen Lawson, who served as Ron DeSantis’ spokesperson during his 2018 race for governor. “So much of who he is and where he’s come from and his story centers around her, and I think she’ll continue to play a pivotal role in how that story unfolds.
“People would always question, who is the closest person to Ron, who is somebody who can get his ear?” added Nikki Fried, now the chair of the Florida Democratic Party and a former agriculture commissioner who ran unsuccessfully for governor in the Democratic primary last year. The only name that ever came back, she said, “was Casey’s.”But Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla.
In New York City, Chirlane McCray was the closest adviser to her husband, Bill de Blasio, as he ran for mayor and then during his time at City Hall, an arrangement that at times stoked controversy.
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