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Doyle McManus: Republicans are crowding the 2024 race. It boosts Trump, but may help the GOP in the end

Tim Scott, R- S.C., announces his run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination at a campaign event on May 22, 2023, in North Charleston, South Carolina.

The race for the Republican presidential nomination, once a two-man battle between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is getting more crowded.

Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the Senate's only Black Republican and a favorite of many GOP donors, declared his candidacy last week. A few nights later, DeSantis belatedly made his own candidacy official in a chaotic Twitter event. That brought the number of major candidates to six, and more may join soon.

Trump holds a commanding position in the polls, but he is

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