Browsing: sent out a news release that said anything “less than a ‘strong second’ for Haley in Iowa will be an embarrassing loss.”

     DeSantis bet heavily on Iowa as he tried to become the alternative candidate to Trump. But Trump won about 51 percent of the vote — with a chance to win all 99 Iowa counties — while DeSantis was at about 21 percent, according to totals posted on the Iowa Republican Party website.