The “Texas Voter Engagement Project Donor Appreciation Conference” is slated for next month, and while some GOP 2024 presidential hopefuls are scheduled to be there, Florida’s Governor apparently is not one of them.

For journalist Mark Halperin — who reported at length in a Jan. 25 email about this “Texas hoedown of significance” being put on by Gov. Greg Abbott, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, and strategist Karl Rove — the absence of Ron DeSantis means this could be a showdown of significance for seemingly more marginal 2024 possibilities who attend.

Chris Christie, Nikki Haley, Brian Kemp, Mike Pence, Tim Scott and Chris Sununu, names that have not been atop any 2024 polls, are nonetheless expecte...

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