Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign committee raised $6.7 million in Q4, spent $9.3 million, and ended 2024 with $9.7 million banked. However, his failed presidential campaign cost over $160 million, with a Super PAC supporting him spending $130 million on travel, consulting, and canvassing. Despite the heavy spending, DeSantis placed about 30 points behind Donald Trump in the Iowa caucuses, receiving 23,420 votes. The failed promises of his bid were evident as he came in a distant second place in the caucuses.
Ron DeSantis and his financial backers spent $168mm on his failed presidential campaign.
Ron DeSantis, who launched his presidential campaign in May, ended his bid on Jan. 21 after placing about 30 points behind Donald Trump in the Iowa caucuses. • His failed campaign and political committees spent about $160 million. https://t.co/MPTDkHSP1a
Failed political operation to make DeSantis the GOP nominee cost $168 million https://t.co/eqb5hQi831
The failed political operation to make DeSantis the GOP presidential nominee cost $168 million https://t.co/NuYH5FujDD
Super PAC supporting DeSantis spent $130 million on travel, consulting and canvassing. Considering most of their focus was on Iowa and they got 23,420 votes there, that translates to $5,550 per vote only to lose by about 30%. https://t.co/GXeKcjYNGn
That Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his allies spent so heavily in 2023 just to come in a distant second place in the Iowa Caucuses illustrates the failed promises of his presidential bid. https://t.co/y8eDxj7nZh
Ron DeSantis’s failed presidential campaign cost more than $160 million, which is about $6,800 per vote that he received - underlining the money-drenched corrosion of US politics again https://t.co/eRUaEn7Orq
DeSantis campaign donations dropped over the course of his run https://t.co/HBpqua3bac
Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign committee brought in $6.7M in Q4, spent $9.3M (mainly $9.18M on operating expenditures) and entered 2024 w/$9.7 million banked. https://t.co/ZAQs9Iy1As https://t.co/Nzbjdsi7wo