Tuesday 14 June 2022 09:07 PM Tom Cotton tells big donors Donald Trump candidacy won't keep him from running ... trends now
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Sen. Tom Cotton is readying a potential presidential run in 2024 and is not afraid of facing off against former President Trump, the Arkansas Republican reportedly told a gathering of donors on Tuesday.
During a gathering with two dozen of his top donors at the Hay-Adams hotel in Washington, D.C., Cotton detailed the groundwork he's laid for a national campaign, two attendees told Politico.
Not wanting to commit to challenging a former president, most potential 2024 contenders have so far been stuck in limbo waiting on Trump to say one way or another on whether he'll run, but not Cotton - he told the group that he would not defer to any other potential candidates, even Trump. Cotton said that he planned to make a final decision on whether to run after the midterm elections.
Cotton's name has not been tossed around as a potential contender nearly as much as candidates with nationwide recognition, most notably Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
But Brian Colas, in a 15-slide powerpoint presentation, reportedly made the case for why Cotton could have a shot at winning.
Colas said that he, Cotton and other advisors had studied past Republican presidential campaigns and found that early national recognition had little bearing on the success of candidates. Performance in Iowa and New Hampshire, the states with the first two nominating contests, was far more important,
