Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis is expected to announce his presidential run today on a Twitter live stream conversation with the platform's CEO Elon Musk. DeSantis' announcement will be the 7th by a prominent Republican for the 2024 election, as data from the Federal Election Commission shows.
Former president Donald Trump was the first to announce his run back in December, followed by Nikki Haley, Asa Hutchinson and Tim Scott as well as political outsiders Vivek Ramaswamy and Larry Elder. On the Democrats' side, President Joe Biden filed his bid on April 25 - the same day as in 2019. His was preceded by the bids of repeat presidential candidate and self-help author Marianne Williamson and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a nephew of JFK who made headlines for his anti-vaccine stance.
