CNN Town Hall S2024E01 - CNN Republican Presidential Town Hall with Governor Ron DeSantis

CNN Anchor Kaitlan Collins moderates a live CNN Republican Presidential Town Hall with Governor Ron DeSantis from Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. 

Eleven days before Iowa caucusgoers become the first voters officially to weigh in on the Republican primary race, CNN hosts back-to-back town halls featuring Republican presidential candidates to kick off the 2024 election year.

CNN has a longstanding tradition of hosting presidential candidates for Town Halls and political events as a critical component of the network's robust campaign coverage. Both 2024 Republican presidential candidates will take questions from CNN moderators and a live audience of Iowa voters who say they intend to participate in the Iowa Republican Caucuses.