Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and has endorsed Donald Trump encouraging his voters to support him.
He quit following the Iowa primary and before the New Hampshire primary. This will essentially see two main contenders Nikki Haley and Donald Trump go head to head.
After Mr DeSantis’ announcement, the Trump campaign called on all Republicans to support Mr Trump, slamming his former UN Ambassador as “the candidate of the globalists and Democrats who will do everything to stop the America First movement”.
Mr DeSantis also took a swipe at Ms Haley, calling her a member of “the old Republican guard of yesteryear - a repackaged form of warmed-over corporatism”.
Ms Haley, a former South Carolina governor, responded by insisting she was the conservative candidate - the “only one” - who could beat Mr Biden.
“There’s two people in this race,” she told CNN in New Hampshire. “That’s what we wanted all along, and we’re going to keep going.”
Mr DeSantis narrowly finished ahead of Ms Haley in last week’s Iowa caucuses with 21% of the vote, compared to her 19%, both well behind Mr Trump.
It will be interesting to see whether DeSantis’ support goes solely to Trump or is split between Trump and Haley.