Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) name has floated around amid speculation of a 2024 bid.
Asked by a reporter about talk of a 2024 bid, DeSantis said, “All the speculation about me is purely manufactured.”
“I just do my job and we work hard. … I hear all this stuff and honestly, it’s nonsense,” he added during Tuesday’s press conference.
Check out his comments below:
According to a local NBC News station, DeSantis “has not yet submitted his application to run for re-election, and is not listed among gubernatorial candidates in the state elections database.”
DeSantis beat former President Donald Trump in a straw poll for the 2024 Presidential Election in June, as IJR reported on.
At the Western Conservative Summit, 74% of respondents chose DeSantis, while 71% of respondents picked Trump. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) came in third and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo came in fourth.
Trump won the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) straw poll in July. The former president received 70%, while DeSantis received 21%. However, DeSantis won in a similar poll that did not include Trump on the ballot.
An Emerson College poll, conducted August 30-September 1, found Trump narrowly beating President Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2024 match-up.
Without Trump on the ballot, 32% of the Republican voters chose DeSantis in a hypothetical 2024 Republican presidential primary, according to the poll.
A Morning Consult poll released on September 2 found DeSantis’ approval net approval rating down 14 points since the start of July.