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Ron DeSantis is backing down. The Florida governor ended his 2024 presidential campaign on Sunday, less than 48 hours before the New Hampshire primary, a contest that he had virtually no chance of winning. The decision comes less than a week after DeSantis finished in a distant second place in the Iowa caucuses. In a video posted online just two hours before a scheduled campaign stop in Manchester, N.H., DeSantis acknowledged that he had no path forward in the 2024 presidential race. “If there was anything I could do to produce a favorable outcome — more campaign stops, more interviews — I wou…