DeSantis’s Ex-Roommate Quits As His Super PAC Chair

The New York Times reports:

The main super PAC supporting Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign has been rocked by another significant departure, as Adam Laxalt, a friend and former roommate of the Florida governor, has stepped down as chairman of the group.

Mr. Laxalt, who unsuccessfully ran to become a Republican senator in Nevada in 2022, lived with Mr. DeSantis when he was training as a naval officer.

He joined Never Back Down in April, soon after his own campaign ended and before Mr. DeSantis officially joined the presidential race, in a move that was widely seen as Mr. DeSantis and his wife seeking to have someone they trusted monitoring the activities of the well-funded group.

Read the full article. In October 2022, fourteen members of Laxalt’s own family endorsed incumbent Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez, who won the race by 0.8 points.

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— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) December 1, 2023