Oct 12, 2021 · Ron DeSantis Sr., the governor’s father, has ties to Pennsylvania and Ohio in earlier years of life and presumably still has many relatives there. But in his mid-twenties Ron Sr. left the industrial Midwest — which was just then starting to show first signs of “rust” — behind and went south to Florida.

Apr 22, 2023 · The spot introduces the Florida Governor as “the grandson of a steelworker,” before playing up more familiar biography, such as his stint in the Navy as a JAG Officer, where he earned a...

Jun 7, 2023 · Ron Desantis comes from Italian ancestry and a blue collar family. He became a popular Governor in the state of Florida.

Jan 17, 2025 · Salvatore Storti, his maternal great-great-grandfather, immigrated to the United States from Italy in 1904 and settled in Pennsylvania. Luigia Colucci, his great-great-grandmother, immigrated to the United States with her husband in 1917. DeSantis' mother worked as a nurse, and his father installed Nielsen television rating boxes.

May 25, 2023 · "Grandson of a steelworker, Ron DeSantis worked his way through college,” the ad states. DeSantis graduated from Yale University, where he was captain of the varsity baseball team.

His mother's family name, Rogers, was chosen by her grandfather (née Ruggiero) upon immigrating from Italy. [5][6][7] All of DeSantis's great-grandparents immigrated from Southern Italy [a] during the first Italian diaspora. [13] . His parents and all of his grandparents were born and grew up in Western Pennsylvania and Northeast Ohio. [3]

May 4, 2023 · Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is getting a push toward a run for the White House in some new political ads. They're airing in key early primary states.The governor could be just days away from a...

Apr 28, 2023 · In his book, DeSantis describes how his father was raised in Aliquippa, the site of an old steel mill near Pittsburgh. The Republican recalled visiting the small town in his youth, seeing the...

May 6, 2023 · DeSantis has made note of his Rust Belt roots more of late, including during a trip to Ohio last month. The Governor, addressing the Butler County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner, said...

Apr 23, 2023 · The 60-second advertisement centers on a man in industrial gear working with metal. It begins by setting up its comparison of steel to DeSantis and notes that the governor is the grandson of a steelworker.