Gov. Ron DeSantis Expected To Visit Greenwich For Presidential Fundraiser

GREENWICH, CT — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to visit Greenwich in September for a private fundraiser to support his 2024 presidential campaign, according to Greenwich Time.

Greenwich Republican Town Committee Chair Beth MacGillivray confirmed the event with Patch last week, but did not provide further details.

The Time said the event is scheduled to take place on Sept. 13, and that former Republican state Sen. Scott Frantz and his wife, Icy, expect to host the presidential hopeful at their Greenwich home.

The couple previously hosted events for presidential candidates George W. Bush and Mitt Romney, the Time noted.

Greenwich Republicans hosted presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy in June for a roundtable discussion and keynote address.

According to the first New York Times/Siena College poll of the 2024 campaign which was released July 31, former President Donald J. Trump is leading DeSantis nationally by a whopping 37 percentage points, 54 percent to 17 percent. No other candidate topped 3 percent.

In an attempt to gain ground and retool after spending large fundraising amounts, the DeSantis campaign fired several staffers last month, Politico reported.

A United States Navy veteran, DeSantis served as a prosecutor in Florida and as a U.S. Congressman from 2013 to 2018 in Florida's 6th Congressional District.

DeSantis was elected as the governor of Florida in 2018. Since then, his administration has received national attention, notably in 2022 when his controversial Parental Rights in Education bill, called the "Don't Say Gay" bill by critics, was signed into law.

Patch has reached out to the DeSantis campaign for comment on the Greenwich fundraiser.

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