Two prominent Iowa Republicans, state Senate President Amy Sinclair and state House Majority Leader Matt Windschitl, are endorsing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ likely presidential run.
The endorsements come only two days before DeSantis’ trip to Iowa, where the Republican presidential nominating process kicks begin on Saturday.
In the late morning, Florida Gov. Rick Scott will be in the predominantly red northern section of the state to headline Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra’s third annual Feenstra Family Picnic fundraiser in Sioux Center. Later in the day, he’ll go east to Cedar Rapids to speak at an Iowa GOP fundraiser.
Sinclair and Windschitl are expected to attend the governor’s events in Iowa on Saturday, according to individuals in DeSantis’ political world.
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DeSantis will be in Iowa on the same day as former President Donald Trump, who is currently the overwhelming frontrunner in the Republican primary race as he pursues a third term in office. Trump will speak at a rally in Des Moines at night.
The two high-profile endorsements for DeSantis in Iowa, first reported by the Des Moines Register, come only a week after he received the backing of a top state GOP lawmaker in New Hampshire, which hosts the first primary and second overall contest on the Republican nomination calendar. Jason Osborne, the state House Majority Leader, gave his support.
A dozen Iowa Republican leaders endorsed Trump ahead of a March stop in Davenport.
And, two weeks ago, at a campaign rally in New Hampshire, the former president released a list of around 50 Granite State Republican endorsements.
While DeSantis is not running in 2024, he is likely to start a presidential campaign in the following weeks.
The governor stated last week that he will decide “relatively soon” whether to run for president of the Republican Party in 2024.
DeSantis, who won re-election by an overwhelming 19-point margin last November, said at a news conference last Friday to mark the end of Florida’s legislative session, “I felt very confident going into November ’22 we were gonna do very well, but you really had to put up or shut up on that.”
