DES MOINES, Iowa—Bob Vander Plaats, a former high school accounting teacher who is arguably this state’s most influential Christian conservative leader, knows the power of division.
That is why he wants lower performing Republican presidential candidates to exit from the race later this summer or fall in hopes that a single, stronger challenger can emerge to keep Donald Trump from winning the Jan. 15 Iowa caucuses that start the 2024 nomination process.
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