Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis’ campaign is boasting of endorsements and the latest poll numbers as signaling growing ground support in Iowa.
DeSantis’ team said he’s received a historic 40 endorsements from state legislators and has a total of 120 county-level chairs supporting him – at least one in each of the state’s 99 counties. That’s the most of any candidate in the race, DeSantis campaign spokeswoman Carly Atchison told Fox News Digital.
The Florida governor — just months away from Iowa caucus day — also has more than 10,000 Iowans committed to caucus for him, representing one-fifth of the total Iowans who caucused for former presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, when Cruz won the Iowa caucuses in 2016.
“It’s not just the promises that are being made or the ideas that he’s bringing to the table. Those are a big part of it, don’t get me wrong. But it’s also the fact that he can point back to what he’s accomplished in the state of…