Nikki Haley and Mike Pence Rise in the Polls Without Spending Too Much
- Republican rivals tout frugality while DeSantis drops in polls
- DeSantis camp has burned through cash as Haley, Pence budget
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Mike Pence drives his Ford pickup truck to meet donors near his hometown in Indiana. For the first Republican debate in Milwaukee, Nikki Haley stayed at a hotel that typically charges about $100 a day.
These Republican presidential candidates running low-budget campaigns are climbing in the polls, at the same time that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — the candidate whose operation started with the most money — is seeing his support fade away.