The cost for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to appear at fundraisers is reportedly as much as $1 million dollars as the governor's star continues to rise with the Republican Party.
DeSantis commands as little as $500,000 if he is already in town, but the figure goes up to $1 million if he has to travel to the city for the donor event, according to NBC News.
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The outlet cited a GOP operative who understands the figures from a financier of DeSantis's political campaigns, along with a person familiar with the organization of a fundraising event in a "mid-size city."
"For a nongeneral election candidate and a nonincumbent, those are steep numbers, but not for DeSantis, because I wouldn't be surprised if he had in his first month a couple hundred million already done," Robert Wolf, who organized fundraisers for former President Barack Obama, told NBC News.
DeSantis is set for dual events in the Golden State on Sunday, discussing his book at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley and then attending a fundraising event for the Orange County GOP in Anaheim. The appearances in the home state of Gov. Gavin Newsom, who he once said was having his brain function interfered with by his hair gel, adds to a flurry of fundraisers nationwide ahead of an expected presidential bid.
The Florida governor has also hosted donors and social media influencers in Palm Beach, Florida, along with receiving several million-dollar donations from wealthy donors to his statewide political action committee as anticipation mounts for a White House bid.
DeSantis, who is coming off of a nearly 20-point reelection victory in November, is the joint-frontrunner in the 2024 GOP field, despite not announcing a bid. The governor is reportedly eyeing a late-springtime announcement for his campaign, after the state's legislative session has concluded.
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Despite being a chief contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, he decided to forgo the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference in the Washington, D.C., area, leaving the stage open for other 2024 candidates, including former President Donald Trump, former Gov. Nikki Haley, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Other potential 2024 contenders, including former Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), also skipped the conference.