Florida governor raises $8.2M for campaign in 24 hours after announcement

Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida raised $8.2 million in his first 24 hours as a presidential candidate, a huge sum that cements his standing as the leading Republican rival to Donald J. Trump, Report informs referring to The New York Times.

DeSantis’s campaign began on May 24 evening with a glitch-filled kickoff on Twitter, but that apparently did not slow donor enthusiasm. The campaign said on Wednesday that it had raised $1 million during a single hour.

The $8.2 million figure is more than the $6.3 million that Joseph R. Biden Jr. raised in his first 24 hours as a candidate in 2019, or the $6.1 million raised by former Representative Beto O’Rourke that same year.

The haul will immediately infuse his campaign with the money needed to finance a growing political operation and aggressive travel schedule that will take the governor to 12 cities across three states next week.