佛罗里达州州长。罗恩·德桑蒂斯预计下周将向联邦选举委员会提交文件，宣布他将参加2024年的总统竞选，这将正式使他进入角逐白宫两位熟悉该计划的消息人士告诉ABC新闻。
消息人士称，共和党人德桑蒂斯可能会在周三，即迈阿密捐助者会议的前一天，首先在网上宣布他的总统候选人资格，可能会在推特上发布一段视频。
正式参加竞选将使州长能够募集捐款。
但这不会是正式的开球活动——消息人士称，德桑蒂斯的团队正计划让他在坦帕外的家乡达尼丁举行。据消息人士称，考虑中的场地之一是一个小联盟棒球场，以纪念德桑蒂斯的童年，但也在考虑多种设置。(德桑蒂斯年轻时是一名明星棒球运动员，他在达尼丁少年棒球联盟队效力的时间包括一次少年棒球联盟世界系列赛。)
达尼丁的启动活动暂定在阵亡将士纪念日那周举行。但消息人士警告说，细节仍可能发生变化，因为之前对DeSantis 2024年推出的计划在全年都有所改变。
知情人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，最初的想法是让德桑蒂斯在当前的佛罗里达州立法会议结束后，在整个5月份和6月份宣传他的胜利，同时尽可能推迟正式宣布2024年竞选。
但是随着猜测的增多事实上他正准备逃跑，随着前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)和特朗普的政治运作发动了一系列攻击，州长和他的团队加快了他的时间表-甚至放弃暂定计划消息人士称，将启动一个试探性委员会，并将正式宣布日期从6月提前到5月。
2023年5月13日，在爱荷华州锡达拉皮兹市，佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯在爱荷华州共和党招待会上发表讲话。
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DeSantis的发言人拒绝对此事发表评论。华尔街日报第一个报道预计德桑蒂斯下周将提交2024年的文件。
他将作为特朗普提名的最大竞争对手进入共和党初选领域。最近的一次ABC新闻/华盛顿邮报民意调查在共和党人和倾向于共和党的独立人士中，德桑蒂斯是特朗普最接近的潜在对手。
消息人士此前告诉ABC新闻，德桑蒂斯的团队最近几周一直在扩大业务，包括雇用员工和在塔拉哈西建立办公室。
周四下午，他与捐助者和支持者举行了一次电话会议，直接与特朗普进行了较量。
“在这一点上，你基本上有三个人在整件事情上是可信的，”据两位参加电话会议的人说。
“[乔·拜登总统、特朗普和我。他说:“根据摇摆州的所有数据，我认为这三个人中有两个人有机会当选总统:拜登和我，这对前总统来说不是好事，而且可能无法克服，因为人们不会改变对他的看法。”。
这个号召是由支持德桑蒂斯的超级政治行动委员会组织的。《纽约时报》第一个报道细节。
州长是在爱荷华州过去的这个周末讨好保守派选民，告诉他们是时候该党继续前进，找到一个“积极的替代方案”。与此同时，特朗普以天气为由取消了自己在那里的集会。
“如果我们在2024年选举“对乔·拜登和他的失败进行公投，如果我们为这个国家的未来提供一个积极的替代方案，共和党将全面获胜，”德桑蒂斯在苏中心发表讲话时说如果我们不这样做，如果我们分心，如果我们把选举集中在过去或其他枝节问题上，那么我认为民主党将再次击败我们。"
美国广播公司新闻/华盛顿邮报的民意调查发现，尽管德桑蒂斯是特朗普在选民支持方面的最大挑战者，但这位前总统在现阶段的竞选中胜过了所有当前和潜在的对手。
在六名最知名的候选人中，特朗普获得了51%的共和党人和倾向于共和党的独立人士的支持，而德桑蒂斯获得了25%的支持。尽管如此，大多数选民表示，他们对特朗普(75%)或德桑蒂斯(64%)作为总统候选人感到满意。
11月，德桑蒂斯再次当选州长，以近20个百分点的优势击败民主党对手查理·克里斯特。
Ron DeSantis set to announce 2024 campaign next week, with kickoff event days later: Sources
Florida Gov.Ron DeSantisis expected next week to file paperwork with the Federal Election Commission declaring his candidacy for president in 2024, which would formally enter him in therace for the White House, two sources familiar with the plans told ABC News.
DeSantis, a Republican, is likely to first announce his presidential candidacy online on Wednesday, a day before a donor meeting in Miami, possibly with a video posted to Twitter, the sources said.
Formally entering the race would enable the governor to solicit donations.
But this would not be the official kickoff event -- DeSantis' team is planning for him to hold that in his hometown of Dunedin, outside Tampa, sources said. One of the venues under consideration is a Little League baseball field, in a nod to DeSantis' childhood, according to the sources, but multiple settings are being looked at. (DeSantis was a star baseball player in his youth, and his time playing for the Dunedin Little League team included a trip to the Little League World Series.)
The kickoff event in Dunedin is tentatively planned to take place the week of Memorial Day. But sources cautioned that the details could still change, as previous plans for DeSantis' 2024 rollout have shifted throughout the year.
Among the initial ideas was for DeSantis to tout his wins after the close of the current Florida Legislature session, throughout May and well into June, while holding off on formally announcing a 2024 run as long as possible, sources familiar have told ABC News.
But as speculation grewthat he was in fact gearing up to run, and as former President Donald Trump and Trump's political operation unleashed an onslaught of attacks, the governor and his team moved up his timeline --even scrapping tentative plansto launch an exploratory committee and moving up a formal announcement date to May rather than June, sources said.
A spokesperson for DeSantis declined to comment for this story. The Wall Street Journalwas first to reportthat DeSantis is expected to file 2024 paperwork next week.
He would enter the Republican primary field as Trump's biggest rival for the nomination. A recentABC News/Washington Post pollshowed DeSantis as Trump's nearest potential opponent among Republicans and GOP-leaning independents.
DeSantis' team has been ramping up its operation in recent weeks, including hiring staffers and establishing an office space in Tallahassee, sources previously told ABC News.
He held a call on Thursday afternoon with donors and supporters where he took on Trump directly.
“You have basically three people at this point that are credible in this whole thing,” he said, according to two people who were on the call.
“[President Joe] Biden, Trump and me. And I think of those three, two have a chance to get elected president: Biden and me, based on all the data in the swing states, which is not great for the former president and probably insurmountable because people aren’t going to change their view of him," he said.
The call was organized by the pro-DeSantis super PAC Never Back Down. The New York Timeswas first to reportthe details.
The governorwas in Iowathis past weekend courting conservative voters, telling them it was time for the party to move on and find a "positive alternative." Trump, meanwhile, canceled his own rally there, citing the weather.
"If we make the 2024electiona referendum on Joe Biden and his failures, and if we provide a positive alternative for the future of this country, Republicans will win across the board," DeSantis said as he spoke in Sioux Center. "If we do not do that, if we get distracted, if we focus the election on the past or on other side issues, then I think the Democrats are going to beat us again."
The ABC News/Washington Post poll found that while DeSantis was Trump's biggest challenger for voter support, the former president outperformed all his current and potential opponents at this stage of the race.
Among the six best-known candidates, Trump clinched 51% of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents while DeSantis garnered 25%. Still, a majority of those voters said they'd be satisfied with either Trump (75%) or DeSantis (64%) as their presidential nominee.
DeSantis was reelected to a second term as governor in November, besting Democratic opponent Charlie Crist by nearly 20 points.
