The super PAC supporting DeSantis’ presidential bid has established county-level chairs in each of Iowa’s 99 counties.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Ron DeSantis is nearly a third of the way through his tour of each county in Iowa — but now with a chairperson backing his campaign in every part of the state.
The county-level recruitment is the latest sign of the DeSantis team’s aggressive networking in the first-in-the-nation caucus state, even as his campaign has been beset by weak polling numbers and strategy missteps. The campaign recently shed a third of its staff, and DeSantis replaced his campaign manager, Generra Peck, earlier this week.
DeSantis has been barnstorming the state in recent weeks, and was back Thursday and Friday for campaign events before a sit-down chat with Gov. Kim Reynolds on Saturday at the state fair. This swing follows a flurry of similar weekends spent traversing Iowa, including small, retail-politics events with a handful of supporters and larger town halls where he has taken questions from the crowd.
The group says it has received commitment cards from over 10,400 people in the state — Republicans pledging to caucus for the governor on Jan. 15.
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