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In a bold move setting the stage for a conservative showdown, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley has thrown down a whopping $10 million for advertising in Iowa and New Hampshire. She’s not holding back as she barrels toward overcoming Gov. Ron DeSantis as the top alternative to former President Donald Trump. Let the games begin!
The campaign, set to launch in early December, will flood television, radio, and the digital realm with Haley’s message. This is the first ad blitz for Team Haley, and it’s sure to make a huge splash in the lead-up to the Jan. 15 Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire’s primary. Meanwhile, DeSantis is flexing his financial muscles with a $2 million ad buy in Iowa, starting this month and barraging right through the caucuses.
The battle between Haley and DeSantis to be Trump’s chief rival is heating up faster than a cast-iron skillet on a Texas summer day. Although Trump remains the king of the GOP primary hill, recent polling shows Haley gaining ground. A couple of surveys revealed that Haley’s support is on the rise, tying with DeSantis in Iowa and surpassing him in New Hampshire. It’s like a heated game of political Whack-A-Mole!
How about Nikki Haley or Ron De Santis so to bind the party and assure a win ? https://t.co/wnLv3YH9vG
— Political Blabbermouth (@PBlabbermouth) November 9, 2023
Folks in the Republican corner have been ringing the bell for lower-tiered candidates to drop out and clear a path for a challenger to Trump. It seems like Sen. Tim Scott and former Vice President Mike Pence heard the call and decided to hang up their hats. But DeSantis isn’t backing down. He’s hanging his hat on Iowa, scoring the endorsement of Gov. Kim Reynolds and vowing to hit up all 99 counties in the state. Meanwhile, Haley’s campaign manager, Betsy Ankney, is taking shots at DeSantis’s campaign finances and organizing in New Hampshire and South Carolina. It’s like a political version of dodgeball, with the candidates dodging attacks and lobbing them right back!
But hold onto your cowboy hats, because there’s more to this Wild West showdown. Never Back Down, the super PAC backing DeSantis, is pumping a whopping $25 million into an ad campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire. And Trump is no slouch when it comes to fundraising, pulling in a staggering $45.5 million in the third quarter and sitting on a tidy $37.5 million in cash. It’s an all-out conservative cash war, with the candidates slinging money like it’s going out of style.
So, grab some popcorn and settle in, because the stage is set, and the race is on. The battleground is drawn in Iowa and New Hampshire, and the conservative showdown is about to go full throttle. So buckle up, America, ’cause this is going to be one political rodeo you won’t want to miss! Yeehaw!
