Post #101

Sen. Tim Scott — the Republican senator from South Carolina — is on track to throw his hat into the 2024 presidential race. He expects to reach “clarity” on a decision to run “sooner rather than later,” per a person close to him. Scott is polling in the low single digits among potential GOP candidates, but he’s a prolific fundraiser — and the only prospective candidate sitting on more than $20 million in hard federal campaign dollars that could be transferred directly into a presidential account. Our chief polling expert, Steve Shepard, puts him in the “long shot” category of hopeful candidates.