How DeSantis Could Unlock $86 Million for 2024 Bid

“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to jump into the Republican presidential primary in the coming months with an $86 million pot of donor money—and a legally questionable strategy for using it,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The cash, currently sitting in a Florida political committee fund, would need to take a circuitous path to help him: It is illegal to use money raised for a state election to run for federal office, meaning Mr. DeSantis can’t simply transfer it into a presidential campaign account.”

“Instead, Mr. DeSantis’s allies plan to give the funds to a new super PAC led by some of his closest friends.”