After a slow start, Republican presidential prospects are streaming into Iowa, the leadoff presidential caucus state
in 2016, and went on to carry the state twice, by healthy margins, as the Republican presidential nominee in the 2016 and 2020 elections.
To be sure, Trump has a campaign presence in Iowa. Alex Latcham, who is part of Trump's national team but is based in the state, has been working on landing a caucus campaign director. But Trump heldon Jan. 28 in South Carolina, where his 2016 primary victory sealed his status as GOP frontrunner. And he squeezed in a speaking spot earlier that day at the annual state GOP meeting in New Hampshire, where he also won the first-in-the-nation primary seven years ago.
The issue, an early focus of 2024 Republican presidential prospects, is particularly contentious among Christian conservatives, with whom Pence routinely says he identifies. And at Wednesday's event at a pizza restaurant — it had the feel of an early caucus campaign stop — Pence illustrated its traction.
Though several would-be candidates including Trump were in Iowa last year campaigning for midterm candidates, these first impressions at the outset of the GOP presidential primary are important. That's especially true as many in the GOP wait to see whether Florida Gov.But as the field of candidates grows in the coming months, Trump still retains a core of Republican support that could be hard to overcome.
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