The trip marked DeSantis’ return to the campaign trail after a week hiatus overseeing recovery efforts in Florida following Hurricane Idalia, which hit the state last month.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a GOP presidential contender speaks on Friday, June 30, 2023, during the Moms for Liberty Annual Summit in Philadelphia. He was back in the state Tuesday for two fundraisers.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis raised about $400,000 in a fundraising swing through Pennsylvania Tuesday, his campaign told The Inquirer.
The trip marked DeSantis’ return to the campaign trail after a week hiatus overseeing recovery efforts in Florida following Hurricane Idalia. He met with donors at a luncheon in Harrisburg and an evening reception in Pittsburgh. Both events were closed to the press. For DeSantis, who has remains in a distant second to former President Donald Trump in most state and national Republican presidential primary polls, the Pennsylvania trip was a rare visit outside of the early voting states and comes as he looks to fund aIt’s not clear whether Pennsylvania — with a relatively late April 23 primary — will even play a role in the nomination process. Pennsylvania
but for now is somewhat removed from the action, and its voters are likely less familiar with the candidates than in Iowa and New Hampshire, where the campaigns have been camped out for months.“I think it’s great he took the time to come to Pennsylvania,” former Congressman Lou Barletta said. DeSantis has roots in Western Pennsylvania. His father is from Aliquippa and his maternal grandfather was born in Edinburg, both towns in Western Pennsylvania. “He spoke about that,” Barletta said.
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