Gov. DeSantis announces suit against Biden Administration

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis has officially filed to tally for re-election successful 2022.

According to the Florida Department of State’s campaigner database for the 2022 wide election, the Republican politician filed to tally successful adjacent November’s predetermination connected Friday.

He was asked astir his re-election bid during a Monday greeting quality league successful Zephyrhills.

“Well, we are going to enactment thing retired a small spot later, truthful conscionable enactment tuned,” DeSantis said. “I mean, it’s much of a formality, you know, to unfastened up a run committee. We’re not going to beryllium doing truly thing successful presumption of nationalist announcements until aft the legislative session, but you know, you got to hole for these things, and truthful we’re disconnected and doing that.”

DeSantis is the aboriginal favourite to bushed retired the different 15 candidates looking to unseat him.

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Former Florida politician and present U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist and Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, some Democrats, are the 2 candidates with the highest profiles.

According to a caller canvass reported by The Hill, DeSantis holds comfy leads implicit his apical Democratic opponents.

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The poll, conducted by the steadfast VCreek/AMG for Americas PAC, shows DeSantis with 47% enactment successful a head-to-head match-up against Crist and 48% percent successful a match-up against Fried.

DeSantis has a large pb successful the wealth contention too.

The committee Friends of Ron DeSantis had astir $58.3 cardinal successful currency connected manus arsenic of Sept. 30 and raised $51.4 cardinal during the archetypal 9 months of the year, according to a concern report. The committee Friends of Charlie Crist had astir $2.1 cardinal connected manus arsenic of Sept. 30, portion Crist’s run relationship had astir $724,000. The Fried committee, known arsenic Florida Consumers First had astir $2.38 cardinal connected manus arsenic of Sept. 30, portion Fried’s run had $665,000.

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DeSantis is besides seen arsenic a imaginable contender for the Republican statesmanlike information successful 2024, but helium has not made it official.

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