Gov. Ron DeSantis has spent much more time in Texas in recent years than Secretary of State Marco Rubio , but both of them are afterthoughts in who Republicans there want for President.

That’s according to a fresh poll of Lone Star State Republicans from Emerson College . The survey finds both Florida men knotted at a dismal 6% and tied for third place behind Vice President JD Vance at 45% and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas at 9%.

DeSantis and Rubio continue to perform similarly in many polls of the still-conceptual contest. A national Rasmussen survey had them at 10% each this week.

The Governor devoted a lot of time to courting Texas Republicans in 2023 when he was running for President. He held fundraising events in six cities, and delivered stern messag

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