The battle for the 2024 US election is heating up – and the biggest challenger to former president Donald Trump seems to be Ron DeSantis. He’s the current governor of Florida, a key battleground in nationwide elections. Time and time again, he has promised to bring the blueprint of what he’s accomplished in Florida to a national scale. He gained notice when he lifted COVID-19 regulations earlier than most other US states. As governor, he’s also made sweeping changes to education and immigration, as well as feuded with the Disney Corporation. With a formal campaign announcement expected this week, does he have a chance against former President Trump?

In this episode: 
Michael Kruse (@michaelkruse), senior staff writer at Politico 
Mansoor Adayfi (@mansooradayfi), author and former Guantanamo prisoner 

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li with Amy Walters, and our host Natasha Del Toro, in for Malika Bilal. Miranda Lin fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Tim St. Clair mixed this episode. 

Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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The battle for the 2024 US election is heating up – and the biggest challenger to former president Donald Trump seems to be Ron DeSantis. He’s the current governor of Florida, a key battleground in nationwide elections. Time and time again, he has promised to bring the blueprint of what he’s accomplished in Florida to a national scale. He gained notice when he lifted COVID-19 regulations earlier than most other US states. As governor, he’s also made sweeping changes to education and immigration, as well as feuded with the Disney Corporation. With a formal campaign announcement expected this week, does he have a chance against former President Trump?
In this episode: 
<ul>
<li>Michael Kruse (<a href="https://twitter.com/michaelkruse">@michaelkruse</a>), senior staff writer at Politico </li>
<li>Mansoor Adayfi (<a href="https://twitter.com/MansoorAdayfi">@mansooradayfi</a>), author and former Guantanamo prisoner </li>
</ul>
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li with Amy Walters, and our host Natasha Del Toro, in for Malika Bilal. Miranda Lin fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Tim St. Clair mixed this episode. 
Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
Connect with us:
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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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