Gov. Ron DeSantis (R‑FL) is betting big on Iowa in a gamble to close the polling gap between him and 2024 Republican primary front-runner former President Donald Trump.
DeSantis this week asked approximately one-third of his aides in Tallahassee, Florida, to move to Iowa 3 1/2 months before the caucuses. But time and money are limited resources for the governor, once considered the GOP’s best hope of undermining Trump.
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DeSantis’s strategy to make a stand in Iowa is “a long shot,” but, at this point, it is “probably” his “only shot,” according to Dan Schnur, communications director of Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain’s 2000 presidential campaign.
“The odds of this working for him are slim, but it’s his last viable option,” Schnur, the founder of the University of Southern California-Los Angeles Times …