Ron DeSantis - report

Governor of Florida (born 1978)

Ronald Dion DeSantis is an American politician serving since 2019 as the 46th governor of Florida. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Florida's 6th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2018. DeSantis is a candidate in the 2024 United States presidential election.

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Sentiment Over Time:
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Significant news events for Ron DeSantis

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Disney sued Gov. Ron DeSantis after he stripped it of control of its special taxing district. The entertainment giant criticized a law limiting classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity. A federal judge ruled that Disney did not have legal standing to sue the governor.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the suspension of his 2024 presidential campaign on Sunday. The 45-year-old failed to meet expectations that he would emerge as a serious challenger to the former president. He lost the Iowa caucuses – which he had vowed to win – by 30 percentage points to Trump.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his presidential campaign on the eve of the New Hampshire primary. In a video posted on X, formerly Twitter, he said he was quitting because he didn't have a "clear path to victory"
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Donald Trump won 51% of the vote, giving him the largest margin of victory in the history of the state’s Republican caucuses. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis secured a distant second-place finish. Nikki Haley, a former South Carolina governor and UN ambassador, trailed in third place with 19%.
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Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley comes in 34 points behind with 20 percent support. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis falls seven points behind Haley with 13 percent support, followed by anti-woke businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. Trump leads the GOP primary with support from 54 percent of likely Iowa caucus goers.