Steve Peoples

November 30, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Struggling to energize his campaign, Gov. Ron DeSantis this week privately encouraged his donor network to support a newly formed super PAC that's taking over advertising responsibilities.

By Steve Peoples, Thomas Beaumont and Holly Ramer

7 minute read

July 19, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Ron DeSantis' team has quietly expressed confidence for months that voters would eventually tire of former President Donald Trump's escalating legal troubles and personal baggage.

By Steve Peoples, Meg Kinnard and Brian Slodysko

6 minute read

May 05, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Ron DeSantis concluded a legislative session that establishes him as perhaps the most aggressive and accomplished conservative governor in the nation's bitter culture wars.

By Steve Peoples and Anthony Izaguirre

7 minute read

March 27, 2023 | Daily Business Review

On one side stands Donald Trump, a twice-impeached former president carrying a new level of turmoil into the 2024 presidential contest. On the other is Ron DeSantis, a big-state governor coming off a commanding reelection, who is a far more disciplined messenger and hyperfocused on enacting conservative policies.

By Steve Peoples

7 minute read

November 14, 2022 | Daily Business Review

The simmering rivalry between the Republican Party's biggest stars enters a new, more volatile phase after the GOP's underwhelming performance in what was supposed to be a blockbuster election year.

By Steve Peoples and Jill Colvin

7 minute read

October 25, 2022 | Daily Business Review

DeSantis skirted several attempts by Crist to get him to say he'd serve a full second term.

By Steve Peoples and Anthony Izaguirre

5 minute read

August 23, 2022 | Daily Business Review

DeSantis' reelection effort is widely assumed to be a precursor to a presidential run in 2024, adding to a sense of urgency among Democrats to blunt his rise now.

By Adriana Gomez Licon, Steve Peoples and Brendan Farrington

6 minute read

April 25, 2022 | Daily Business Review

"He's a very smart guy in what he's doing and how he's doing it," Republican strategist David Urban, a close Trump ally, said of DeSantis.

By Steve Peoples and Brendan Farrington

6 minute read

June 12, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Corporate America was blindsided last week when President Donald Trump threatened to impose crippling taxes on Mexican imports in a push to stop the flow of Central American migrants into the United States.

By Paul Wiseman and Steve Peoples

6 minute read

June 07, 2017 | New York Law Journal

As Manhattan's top federal prosecutor, Preet Bharara cultivated an image as a lawman above politics. No more.

By Steve Peoples

5 minute read