‘Small, pathetic man’: Inside the bitter rivalry between Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom
by Josh Marcus
Nov 30, 2023
4 minutes
It’s been more than two decades since a state governor was elected to the White House, but you wouldn’t know it looking at the 2024 presidential race.
Five current or former governors are still in the running for the Republican nominee so far.
But no statehouse rivalry is more pronounced in US politics than the one between Florida governor and 2024 Republican candidate Ron DeSantis, and his Democratic counterpart from California, governor Gavin Newsom.
The pair, both seen as promising presidential picks one day, have been trading barbs for years, and things have only heated up as a presidential election season approaches. Their battles have much to say about where each party is going,
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