Could Iowa Gov. Kim Reynold­s’s endorse­ment give DeSan­tis the boost he needs?

Gov. Kim Reynold­s’s (R‑IA) cov­et­ed endorse­ment of Ron DeSan­tis (R‑FL) gave the Flori­da gov­er­nor a need­ed boost in the crit­i­cal first cau­cus state, but ques­tions remain if it will be enough to revive his White House bid.
Reynolds has attend­ed mul­ti­ple cam­paign events with DeSan­tis and his wife, Casey, in the Hawk­eye State, and the Flori­da gov­er­nor’s 2024 cam­paign has lever­aged its appar­ent­ly close rela­tion­ship on var­i­ous occa­sions on the trail. But the Iowa gov­er­nor held off on mak­ing any endorse­ment, par­tic­u­lar­ly giv­en Iowa’s sta­tus as first in the nation Repub­li­can cau­cus state, until Mon­day night.
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For­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump, who holds a com­mand­ing lead in Iowa and …