DeSantis hits Iowa airwaves early as he looks to fend off Nikki Haley’s rise

Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) campaign began running its first Iowa television ad Wednesday, weeks before its planned launch in mid-November. The campaign credited the pace of its fundraising in the fourth quarter with the change of plans.
A 30-second ad, “Fight. Win. Lead,” will run on broadcast and cable television airwaves throughout Iowa contrasting his record as Florida governor with that of President Joe Biden.
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DeSantis’s campaign, which recently deployed an Iowa-centered strategy for the remainder of the time until the caucuses in January, had planned to begin running ads in mid-November, with $2 million in reserved airtime through the caucuses on Jan. 15. However, it made an impromptu $320,000 purchase for the Nov. 1 ad following a “strong fundraising pace.”
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