DeSantis dispatches 3 top aides to Iowa
Ron DeSantis’s campaign is moving three of its top officials to Iowa this week, a move that comes as the Florida governor is increasingly staking his hopes on a strong performance in the state’s first-in-the-nation GOP nominating contest.
Deputy campaign manager David Polyansky, national political director Sam Cooper and communications director Andrew Romeo are among the DeSantis aides who will now work from Iowa through the caucus, according to a person familiar with the plan. In all, the campaign is sending roughly 20 people — or one-third — of its Tallahassee-based national staff to the state. Additional aides could be deployed to Iowa in December.
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