Doyle McManus: Republicans are crowding the 2024 race. It boosts Trump, but may help the GOP in the end
by Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
May 30, 2023
3 minutes
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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