DeSantis Super PACs ‘Swap’ Ad Spending in Iowa, New Hampshire

Published on December 22, 2023

A political action committee aligned with Ron DeSantis is making a major push in Iowa ahead of the GOP caucuses and promises to spend in New Hampshire, too. On Dec. 22, with the Jan. 15 Iowa Caucus and Jan. 23 New Hampshire primary fast approaching, reports circulated that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s main super PAC, Never Back Down Inc., was suffering another setback, canceling television advertising contracts in both states.  According to Federal Communications Commission disclosures, Never Back Down did cancel about $405,000 worth of advertising in the Boston television market and about $498,000 worth of ads in various Iowa markets between Dec. 21 and Dec. 22. ...