Beaufort, South Carolina – Nikki Haley has repeatedly promised to remain in the race for the Republican presidential nomination until at least March 5, when 15 states hold elections on Super Tuesday.
The former two-term governor of South Carolina and later ambassador to the United Nations in the Donald Trump administration is a highly competitive candidate seeking the nomination against the former president, who is a strong front-runner in the Republican race for a third consecutive term. facing a steep slope. White House.
“We’re focused on every state in front of us. Saturday will be South Carolina. After that, it’ll be Michigan and then the Super Tuesday states,” Haley said Wednesday in an interview on Fox News Digital. We’ll go from there.”
Her home state will hold its Republican primary this weekend, and Michigan will vote next Tuesday.
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Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event in Beaufort, South Carolina, Wednesday, February 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Meg Kinard)
Nearly 800 delegates will gather on Super Tuesday, and over 150 delegates will be up for grabs over the next two weeks. Among the states that hold elections on Super Tuesday are delegate-rich California and Texas, while other large states such as Florida, Illinois and Ohio hold winner-take-all races on March 19. The primary election will be held. Polls in many of these states show Trump holding a significant lead. Haley.
The Trump campaign predicted in a memo this week that even under the “most generous model” for Haley, the former president would win the nomination on March 19.
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Asked by Fox News what she would do if Trump secured the nomination next month, Haley quickly replied, “Let’s see if that happens.”
Trump won a majority of votes in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary last month, and won landslides in the Nevada and Virgin Islands caucuses a week and a half ago. The latest polls show the former president holding a double-digit lead over Haley in South Carolina’s primary, where early voting ends on Friday.
Donald Trump greets supporters after sitting in a town hall moderated by Laura Ingraham on FOX News’ “The Ingraham Angle” on February 20, 2024 in Greenville, South Carolina. president. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
“She’s devastated,” President Trump said at a recent rally in North Charleston, South Carolina. “She’s done.”
Haley has repeatedly said for weeks that she doesn’t need to win her home state.
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“Success is about being competitive. It’s about closing the gap. Making sure we keep moving forward heading into Super Tuesday,” Haley said in an interview with Fox News Digital in Columbia, South Carolina, earlier this month. “We need to make sure that we can do that,” he emphasized.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley criticizes former President Donald Trump at a rally in Beaufort, South Carolina, February 21, 2024. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
“It’s important to keep this momentum going. We got 20% in Iowa. We got 43% in New Hampshire. Let’s get a little closer so we can get closer to him.” [Trump] Let’s be more competitive for Super Tuesday. ”
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However, Haley appears to be changing the goalposts. “Our goal is to give people an opportunity to have their voices heard,” Haley said in recent days on the campaign trail and in a Fox News digital interview on Wednesday.
“Ten days after South Carolina, 21 more states and territories will vote. Let the people’s voices be heard.”
FOX News’ Cyril Clark contributed to this report.
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