DeSantis draws huge cash haul from Trump donors

DeSantis draws huge cash haul from Trump donors

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As Ron DeSantis gears up for a likely 2024 White House bid — with or without Donald Trump in the race — the Florida governor is winning over some of the former president’s biggest benefactors.

DeSantis has attracted the attention of some of the nation’s wealthiest Republican donors, including many who were key financiers of Trump’s re-election bid or backers of high profile Republican candidates and causes, according to POLITICO analysis of campaign finance data.

A DeSantis-aligned political committee, Friends of Ron DeSantis, has received $3.4 million this election cycle from 10 donors who collectively spent $24 million on Trump’s re-election bid. Most of the high-dollar...

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