“There have been a half-dozen or more Republicans who have been circling the midterms as a pretext to run for president — testing some messages,” longtime GOP consultant David Kochel, a veteran of dozens of Iowa political campaigns, told Fox News. And former New Hampshire attorney general and longtime Democratic adviser Tom Ratt noted that “we’re already a quarter of the way [2024] dance floor.” One of the biggest and most anticipated moves in the next race for the White House could happen almost immediately. CAN TRUMP ANNOUNCE 2024 BID A WEEK AFTER THE MID-TERMS? Former President Donald Trump greets supporters before speaking at a rally, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, in Sioux City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (AP) Sources in former President Donald Trump’s political orbit tell Fox News that a potential 2024 announcement could potentially happen during the week beginning Monday, Nov. 14 — just a week after the midterms. But sources warn that things are “fluid”. Axios on Friday reported that Trump and his political team are eyeing Nov. 14 as a possible launch date for a potential 2024 presidential campaign, which would be followed by a series of political events. A source in Trump’s political orbit dismissed Fox News from the actual Nov. 14 date, but added “this week is under consideration, but it’s all fluid.” Koehl, a veteran of several presidential campaigns, said that if the latest reports about the former president pan out, “Trump will put his chips on the table within a week or two after the midterms and then we’ll be off to the races.” IT’S ALL ABOUT LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION AS TRUMP RETURNS TO IOWA Trump has been flirting with another presidential run since leaving the White House in January 2021. At rallies around the nation in support of GOP candidates in recent months, Trump has discussed the possibility of a running for office in 2024 and has repeatedly said: I might have to do it again.” The former president has also repeatedly made unsubstantiated claims that his 2020 election loss to incumbent Biden was due to “massive voter fraud.” Former President Donald Trump reacts to a supporter during a rally, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, in Sioux City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) The former president reinforced his 2024 language during a rally Thursday in Iowa, the state whose caucuses for half a century have kicked off the presidential nominating calendar. “Very, very, very likely I’m going to do it again, OK? Very, very, very likely,” Trump said at the rally in Sioux City, located in Iowa’s deep red northwest corner. “Get ready. That’s all I’m telling you. Very soon. Get ready. Get ready.” Nearly two years after his reelection loss, Trump remains hands-down the most popular and powerful politician in the Republican Party and the wildest fundraiser who dominates grassroots donors. And poll after poll shows Trump would start as the overwhelming front-runner for the GOP nomination. TRUMP’S WARNING BRIEF TO POWERFUL GOP 2024 OPPONENTS But Trump’s position in the GOP and repeated 2024 teases haven’t stopped other potential Republican White House contenders from making moves to launch presidential campaigns. Former Vice President Mike Pence. former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; former South Carolina Governor and former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley; Senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Ted Cruz of Texas. and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan are among the potential White House candidates who have made multiple trips to Iowa and other primary and caucus states over the past year and a half. Former Vice President Mike Pence headlines the annual Kaufmann Family Harvest Dinner on September 29, 2022 in Wilton, Iowa. (AP) In addition to a possible Trump announcement, the week after the midterms will also see the first real Republican cattle calls of 2024. First up is the Republican Governors Association’s annual winter meeting, which this year is being held near Orlando, Florida. Among those who participated and said they are considering a White House bid or are considered by political forecasters as potential contenders are Govs. Ron DeSantis of Florida, Glenn Youngkin of Virginia, Larry Hogan of Maryland and Kristi Noem of South Dakota, as well as Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire, Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas and Pete Ricketts from Nebraska. PREPARE FOR THE FIRST 204 GOP PRESIDENTIAL CALL FOR CATTLE At the end of the week, as first reported by Fox News late last month, a dozen GOP politicians who pundits see as possible or likely contenders for the 2024 presidential nomination will attend the annual Republican Jewish leadership meeting Coalition (RJC) in Las. Vegas. The twelve are Pence, Pompeo, Haley, Cotton, Cruz, Senators Rick Scott of Florida, Tim Scott of South Carolina and Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, DeSantis, Hogan, Sununu and former Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (James Gilbert/Getty Images) Pointing to Trump, Kochel noted that “he’s clearly the heavyweight. He’s the big leg on the field.” But he added that the former president “isn’t going to clear the field. He’s going to speed up people’s timelines to decide whether or not to go. I think there’s going to be some people who say they’re not going to run because Trump is in. He’s going to have a or more serious challengers who will succeed him.” And Kochel said “I would imagine by the end of the first quarter of 2023 that we’ll probably know who’s actually going in.” Rath, also a veteran of multiple Republican presidential campaigns, predicted that “I think someone will come forward that we’re not looking at now because there’s an opportunity. They have a three-to-six-month window to make that decision.” When 2022 collides with 2024 in NH New Hampshire is a key battleground state for the general election with a crucial Senate race between a former governor and a first-time Democrat. Sen. Maggie Hassan and GOP candidate and former general Don Bolduc are among the few across the country that will likely determine whether Republicans win back the House majority. Both of the state’s congressional districts are considered competitive — especially the much-surprised First District — and the winners in both of those races will affect whether Democrats can hold on to their slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. But New Hampshire is also the state that held the first presidential primary in a White House race in a century, and the Granite State had plenty of traffic this cycle from out-of-state politicians who may harbor national aspirations in the 2024 election cycle. This movement has intensified in recent days. Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (Fox News) Haley returns to New Hampshire on Sunday to campaign with Bolduc. It’s Haley’s third trip to the Granite State in the past six weeks to work with the New Hampshire U.S. Senate candidate. On Wednesday, conservative talk radio host Larry Elder traveled to New Hampshire to campaign for GOP congressional candidate Karoline Leavitt, who is challenging Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas in the 1st District. Elder, who was the Republican front-runner in last year’s failed gubernatorial recall election in California, says he is considering a run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 and has promised several return trips to New Hampshire and Iowa, where he also recently stopped. While not in New Hampshire in person, Florida Gov. Ron DeSandis, who pundits see as the likely Republican presidential nominee, endorsed Boldus last week and put his name on a fundraising email for the Senate candidate . Ditto for Sen. Tim Scott, who endorsed Bolduc and whose aligned PAC spent six figures to boost the GOP Senate candidate. And Sen. Rick Scott, the chairman of the National Republican Senate Committee, stopped by New Hampshire last weekend to work with Bolduc. As for the Democrats, Hasan is getting some high-profile help this weekend from three Democrats running for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination and may run again in 2024 if President Biden decides not to seek a second term. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the progressive champion, made the short trip Friday from Massachusetts to New Hampshire to campaign with Hassan at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. And U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota — who came in second and third in New Hampshire’s 2020 Democratic presidential primary — are joining Hassan on the Granite State campaign trail Sunday. Hogan trolls Biden President Biden will be in Maryland on the eve of the election, leading the Democratic National Committee gathering in Columbia, Maryland. Larry Hogan, the term-limited Republican governor of the blue-state state, plans to cap Biden’s visit with a video that will highlight the governor’s accomplishments and criticize the Biden presidency. Hogan’s political advisers say they plan to present the video as they georeference the Biden-themed DNC rally. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “After two years of failed policies, an exhausted majority of Americans are not buying Joe Biden’s campaign rhetoric and are demanding change,” said David Weinman, executive director of the public advocacy group An America United. “While the President is in our state, we hope he has the opportunity to hear from Marylanders about how Governor Hogan has already shown a better path forward by turning the economy around, bringing people together and leading with common…
