DeSantis Mounts Charm Offensive With Wife Casey in South Carolina

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican candidate for president, speaks on stage with his wife, Casey DeSantis, at a campaign stop in Gilbert, S.C., on June 2, 2023. Dan M. Berger/The Epoch Times

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis went to work in a key early primary state on June 2 as he began introducing himself to the voters of South Carolina.

The state poses a particular challenge: it is home to not one but two of DeSantis’s declared challengers for the Republican nomination, a popular former governor in Nikki Haley and a popular current senator in Tim Scott.