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Brandon Gage

Ron DeSantis backed by billionaires

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Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is seeking a second term this November as a springboard to run for president in 2024, is backed financially by some of the wealthiest private donors in the United States.

According to an analysis published by correspondent Zac Anderson in Wednesday's Herald Tribune, "dozens of billionaires and billionaire family members with a net worth of $275 billion have donated to DeSantis' reelection effort, a level of billionaire support one expert called 'extraordinary.'"

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