Tim Scott traveling to Iowa amid 2024 speculation

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) will probably be touring to Iowa subsequent month amid hypothesis that the senator could also be contemplating a White Home bid in 2024.

Scott will probably be attending the Republican Occasion of Polk County Iowa’s annual Lincoln Dinner on Feb. 22 in West Des Moines, Iowa, in accordance with an occasion itemizing on the native Republican Occasion’s web site. 

The occasion itemizing features a quick bio of the senator, noting his upbringing the place he was raised by a single dad or mum whereas residing in poverty, whereas additionally touting his Alternative Agenda and his involvement within the Senate Alternative Coalition. 

The occasion ramps up hypothesis that Scott is contemplating his personal 2024 presidential bid given Iowa holds the first-in-the-nation presidential caucus. The senator made a number of journeys to the Hawkeye State final yr, and this latest journey comes as different Republicans floated as GOP presidential hopefuls have made their solution to different early main states like New Hampshire.

Former President Trump is the one Republican who’s formally introduced he’s in search of one other run on the White Home, and a few latest polling from earlier this month means that the previous president will nonetheless be a formidable opponent in a GOP main.

A Harvard CAPS-Harris Ballot survey launched solely to The Hill earlier this month confirmed the previous president main a gaggle of eight hypothetical challengers in a main, receiving 48 p.c whereas the subsequent candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), acquired 28 p.c.

The information additionally comes simply days after Trump visited Scott’s dwelling state in South Carolina over the weekend.