The South Carolina senator kicked off his 2024 campaign on Monday.
Sen. Tim Scott gives remarks at his presidential campaign announcement event at his alma mater, Charleston Southern University, on May 22, 2023, in North Charleston, S.C. | Meg Kinnard/AP PhotoNORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Tim Scott’s announcement here Monday that he’s running for president came mere days before Ron DeSantis is expected to declare his own, far more ballyhooed campaign, joining Donald Trump in what has looked for months like a two-person race for the Republican nomination.
Supporters take selfies ahead of the presidential campaign launch of Sen. Tim Scott on May 22, 2023, in North Charleston, S.C. | Meg Kinnard/AP Photo Ahead of Scott’s announcement, two Republican colleagues, South Dakota Sens. John Thune and Mike Rounds, have already endorsed his bid, with Rounds“the closest to Ronald Reagan that you’re going to see.” Thune, the No. 2 Senate Republican, gave the opening prayer Monday at Scott’s campaign launch rally. Glen McCall, the Republican National Committeeman from South Carolina, led the pledge ahead of Scott’s speech, and former Gov. Mark Sanford was in the crowd of supporters.
During his 2016 reelection bid, Scott outperformed Trump in the state by nearly 6 percentage points, a sign of his appeal to moderate and swing voters. In contrast, Sen. Lindsey Graham’s vote share in 2020 was just shy of Trump’s 55 percent. Scott graduated from his hometown college in 1988 after growing up here poor, entering local politics just before turning 30 and serving in the state legislature and U.S. House before becoming the South’s first Black senator since Reconstruction.
Though outside spending groups will almost certainly be a powerful force in the 2024 primary — as they were during the midterm elections — a candidate’s own dollars will go significantly farther as the race continues and advertising prices surge for everyone but candidates, who receive more favorable rates.
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