Ron DeSantis has submitted the required documents to the U.S. Election Authority.
The Florida governor is expected to begin his election campaign at midnight Swedish time. Donald Trump has called him "a mediocrity" and likened him to a meatball nicknamed "Meatball Ron" The 44-year-old has become popular in conservative circles in the United States."Florida is where woke is going to die," he said in a recent interview. He has pushed through several laws in Florida that restrict LGBTQ rights.