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Iowa GOP open to non-Trump prospects as 2024 gets underway

FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America's Foundation event, "How to Save America from the Woke Left," Nov. 1, 2021, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Tuesday, April 12, 2022. The event was hosted by Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative UVA student group. (Andrew Shurtleff/The Daily Progress via AP) Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Tuesday, April 12, 2022. The event was hosted by Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative UVA student group. (Andrew Shurtleff/The Daily Progress via AP) FILE - Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference Feb. 25, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Former President Donald Trump's persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process.(AP Photo/John Raoux, File) FILE - Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a fundraiser hosted by The Citadel Republican Society after receiving the Nathan Hale Patriot Award, on Dec. 2, 2021, in Charleston, S.C. Former President Donald Trump's persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)
Iowa GOP open to non-Trump prospects as 2024 gets underway