On paper, Abbott and DeSantis have a lot in common. Both scored high-profile reelection wins in November while Republicans underperformed elsewhere. And both areย fundraising juggernautsย who have raked in a number of seven-figure donations for their respective gubernatorial races.

Evan Power, vice chair of the Republican Party of Florida, said Florida does not โ€œsee Texas as a rival in โ€ฆ our freedom or where we are legislatively anymore.โ€

Twin issues

Abbott overlookedย 

2024?

This article was written by PATRICK SVITEKย ANDย JAMES BARRAGรN of The Texas Tribune.ย  The Texas Tribune is a nonpartisan, nonprofit media organization that informs Texans โ€” and engages with them โ€“ about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.ย  This article originally appeared at:https://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/28/greg-abbott-ron-desantis-texas-2024/