Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is slated to appear at a county GOP Lincoln Day event on Feb. 22 in West Des Moines, Iowa, adding to speculation about his potential efforts to seek the presidency in 2024.
Fox News reported that Scott will be at the Polk County Republican Party’s Lincoln Dinner.
The Epoch Times reached out to Scott’s office for comment.
Gloria Mazza, the chair of the Republican Party of Polk County, told The Epoch Times in a Jan. 30 email that the county’s Lincoln Day event hosted Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) in 2021.
Fundraising Opportunity
“This is a fundraising opportunity for our county party and sometimes they just land in our laps, which we welcome being the largest county party in the state,” Mazza said.For now, though, it seems the Republican base still favors President Donald Trump, who declared his candidacy in November 2022.
Assess Emerging Field
Older versions of that poll showed more support for a Trump 2024 candidacy in 2022 and 2021.If Tim Scott were elected president, he would be the first-ever black Republican to reach the office.
He would also be our first unmarried commander-in-chief since James Buchanan, who was elected in 1856 and served one term.
Polk County Republican Party chair Mazza noted that Iowans will have ample opportunity to assess the emerging field of 2024 presidential candidates in the run-up to early 2024, when the Republican presidential caucus will take place.
Both major parties have traditionally staged their first caucuses of the presidential election cycle in Iowa.
Other names in the election mix
Who else may vie for the Oval Office in 2024?Aside from DeSantis, a favorite of media prognosticators, and the various other figures mentioned in the Emerson survey, there’s Trump’s former White House national security adviser John Bolton.
Bolton, a neoconservative veteran of the second Bush administration, has not been shy about voicing his distaste for his former boss.
The media has helped fuel rumors that Fox News host Tucker Carlson will join the 2024 Republican field.
Potential Democrat Contenders
On the Democratic side, meanwhile, the Biden classified documents controversy has intensified concerns over whether he should run in 2024.Transportation Secretary Pete Buttiegieg, California Governor Gavin Newsom, and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker are among the nationally known figures who have attracted attention as potential contenders.