The DeSantis campaign continues to shed staff, with more than a third of its original payroll now laid off, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News.
Florida Governor and 2024 Republican Presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis speaks with voters and residents in border-adjacent communities during a campaign event in Eagle Pass, Texas, June 26, 2023.campaign continues to shed staff, with more than a third of its original payroll now laid off, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.by Politico and confirmed to ABC News by three people familiar, with one source telling ABC News that low- and mid-level staff are the ones being impacted.
The 38 individuals laid off by the campaign include the roughly dozen layoffs announced earlier this month, a round of cuts that saw the departures of the campaign's media director, Dave Abrams, and Tucker Obenshain, who led external affairs., the DeSantis campaign evaluated it burned through cash too quickly and hired too many people early in the campaign, with FEC documents indicating that 92 staffers worked for the campaign during its first fundraising period.
Florida Governor and 2024 Republican Presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis speaks with voters and residents in border-adjacent communities during a campaign event in Eagle Pass, Texas, June 26, 2023.The change in staffing in the DeSantis campaign occurs as the team tries to chart a new path forward for the governor.
"Following a top-to-bottom review of our organization, we have taken additional, aggressive steps to streamline operations and put Ron DeSantis in the strongest position to win this primary and defeat Joe Biden," DeSantis' campaign manager, Generra Peck, said in a statement. "Governor DeSantis is going to lead the Great American Comeback, and we're ready to hit the ground running as we head into an important month of the campaign.
In addition to campaign staff being cut, movement is occurring within the DeSantis camp as current staffers take on new roles and leadership positions.
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