Des Moines, Iowa — The Republican who competed against Kim Reynolds at the GOP’s state convention to be the party’s nominee for lieutenant governor in 2010 says Reynolds could wind up on a national ticket in 2024.
If Donald Trump secures the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nomination, Bob Vander Plaats, president and CEO of The Family Leader, suggests Reynolds will be in the mix as a potential running mate.
Vander Plaats is hosting two potential 2024 candidates at The Family Leader’s 10th annual summit next Friday in Des Moines. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former Vice President Mike Pence are scheduled to speak. Pence was called a traitor and booed by a crowd of conservatives in Florida last month. Vander Plaats says that won’t happen here next Friday.
Vander Plaats suggests voters will ask Pence why — in his role as vice president on January 6th — he certified Joe Biden won the Electoral College and the presidency.
Vander Plaats has endorsed victors Mike Huckabee before the 2008 Caucuses, Rick Santorum before the 2012 Caucuses and Ted Cruz before the 2016 Caucuses. Vander Plaats says his early analysis of the 2024 race is Florida Governor Ron De Santis is an early leader.
Vander Plaats made his comments during taping of Friday’s Iowa Press program on Iowa PBS.
