CNN: DeSantis enlists help to make closing case to Iowans
"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is enlisting new help in Iowa as he scrambles to ward off mounting interest in the rival presidential candidacy of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley: One of her former constituents. South Carolina state Sen. Josh Kimbrell, a deeply conservative lawmaker who has pushed a legislative agenda in his state similar to contentious laws championed by DeSantis in Florida, will join the Republican governor for stops in Iowa on Thursday and Friday, where he intends to share a perspective from the Palmetto State on its former leader, he told CNN. “I know Governor Haley, and I have no personal ill will against her, but I can’t point to any significant conservative accomplishment in her tenure as governor and I have found it difficult to nail down where she stands on positions,” Kimbrell said in a phone interview Wednesday. “I know what she actually did versus what she said she did.”
Fox News: Ron DeSantis: 'I've taken on the left and beat them' in ways Trump, others 'simply have not'
"2024 presidential hopeful and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis discusses his campaign in Iowa, the contrast in vision against fellow candidate Nikki Haley and Harvard President Claudine Gay's resignation."
CBS: Next Republican debate will only feature Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis
"The final Republican debate before the Iowa caucuses will only feature two candidates — former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — said CNN, the host of the Jan. 10 debate. CNN announced Tuesday that only Haley, DeSantis and former President Donald Trump have qualified. But Trump, who has skipped the earlier four debates, is opting instead for a FOX News town hall in Iowa at the same time that night, FOX announced Tuesday."
WMUR: Ron DeSantis returns to New Hampshire to connect with voters ahead of primary
"With less than a month to go, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited the Granite State on Saturday to meet with voters ahead of the New Hampshire primary on Jan. 23. During his event in Manchester on Saturday, DeSantis spoke about his record leading Florida through the COVID-19 pandemic and criticized Trump’s leadership. DeSantis also spoke about what he sees as government overreach from institutions like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. "I've already committed to two debates in New Hampshire. I think it's important that candidates show up to debate. Why won't Donald Trump debate in front of the people of New Hampshire? Why won't he come and do what I'm doing right now, answering questions from people from the Granite State?" DeSantis said."
