Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom brought their rivalry to the debate stage, with DeSantis talking up Florida.

Florida's Ron DeSantis, a GOP presidential candidate, took on California's Gavin Newsom, who is a Biden surrogate and not a 2024 candidate, in a debate moderated by Fox's Sean Hannity.

In a recent high-profile Fox News debate, California Governor Gavin Newsom and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis engaged in a spirited exchange, highlighting contrasting political ideologies and reaffirming their respective stances on critical national issues.

Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.The event was billed by some as a 2028 preview but it was more of a bizarro version of 2024—one where neither Donald Trump nor Joe Biden were running for a second term.

U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis clashed with California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom in an acrimonious debate on Thursday night, making a last-ditch pitch to Republican voters that he is the best option to take on President Joe Biden in next year's election.

California’s governor said he would choose a 100-year-old Joe Biden as president to Republican Ron DeSantis “at any age” in a prime time debate on Thursday night.