Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis make dueling Iowa plays

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The Hawkeye State is significant and both sides are making strides.

The competition between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantisis is intensifying as the former president schedules a return trip to Iowa on the same day that the governor of Florida will be in the state to kick off the Republicancontest for the White House.

A Trump campaign official said Saturday that the former president plans to come to Iowa on May 13 to headline an organizing rally in a sprawling park in downtown Des Moines. DeSantis was then set to headline the Iowa Rep.’s annual summer fundraiser. Randy Feenstras in northwest Iowa and speak at a party fundraiser later that evening in Cedar Rapids.

The Trump campaign official, who requested anonymity to discuss the trip before it was announced, said the Des Moines organizing rally has been in the planning stages for weeks and aims to identify caucus supporters and volunteers.

Meanwhile, the super PAC promoting DeSantis is hiring an Iowa staffer to begin organizing support for the Governor before he enters the race.

Meanwhile, Never Back Down, run by DeSantis 2022 Florida re-election campaign senior strategist, Phil Cox, has named Iowa Republican operatives to its roster as it seeks to reach out to interested GOP activists as the Iowa 2024 campaign begins. Among them is Ryan Koopmans, the former chief of staff of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds.

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