The Florida governor is stumbling. His aides want to run more of an ‘insurgent’ operation.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has slipped in national and early state polling, with recent surveys showing him trailing former President Donald Trump by large margins. | Meg Kinnard/AP PhotoTop officials on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s campaign acknowledged to donors on Sunday that they’d spent too much money and that further changes would be made as they look to recover from a disappointing start, according to three people who were present for the discussion.
The retreat comes as DeSantis has slipped in national and early state polling, with recent surveys showing him trailing former President Donald Trump by large margins. There have also been growing concerns about the campaign’s financial position. The campaign recently cut fewer than 10 staffers who were involved in event planning. Two senior DeSantis political aides, Dave Abrams and Tucker Obenshain, also recently departed the campaign to work on an outside pro-DeSantis effort.
DeSantis has been criticized for running a campaign that has shunned the mainstream media and relied on a bloated team of 90-plus staffers, which has drained the campaign’s coffers. Attendees said Peck told the group that the governor planned to run more as an outsider, doing more media and smaller events.
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