Nikki Haley heads to California on Wednesday, where the Republican presidential candidate is expected to headline her first rally in one of the 15 nominating states on Super Tuesday in early March.
Prior to campaigning and fundraising in the West, the two-term former South Carolina governor and later U.N. ambassador in former President Donald Trump’s administration will vie with the former governor for the 2024 Republican nomination. It aims to shine a spotlight on momentum as the conflict faces a steep slope. boss.
Haley’s team said last month the campaign committee raised $16.5 million overall, including $11.7 million from small grassroots supporters.
January’s fundraising total, Haley’s highest fundraising month to date, was first reported by Axios on Sunday and confirmed by Fox News. Haley’s campaign also announced that it added nearly 70,000 donors last month.
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Nikki Haley at a rally in North Charleston, South Carolina on January 24, 2024. (Alison Joyce/Getty Images)
Since Haley began her presidential campaign a year ago, her fundraising has continued to increase. First reported by FOX News, she raised $7.3 million in the second quarter from April to June 2023, $11 million in the third quarter from July to September 2023, and the last one last year. It raised more than $24 million in three months.
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“Hundreds of thousands of Americans support Nikki’s campaign,” said Haley campaign spokeswoman Olivia Perez-Cubas. Because they don’t want to. They want a strong, conservative leader who will save this country.” Targeting President Trump, 77, and President Biden, 81, she claimed:
Once very close to winning the nomination, Haley gained momentum in the polls in late summer and early fall, thanks in part to strong performances in the first three Republican presidential primary debates.
Former President Donald Trump makes a motion before speaking at a campaign event in Las Vegas, Saturday, January 27, 2024. (AP Photo/John Roche)
She is Mr. Trump’s last major rival in the Republican presidential field, which has shrunk after expanding to nearly 15 candidates last summer.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis withdrew from the race last month two days before the New Hampshire primary on January 23, leaving the nomination contest between Haley and Trump, who has been the front-runner for the third consecutive year. It will be a showdown between the two candidates. For the White House.
Haley won 43% of the vote in New Hampshire, giving her an 11-point lead over Trump.
She and her team have repeatedly spotlighted her grassroots fundraising efforts in the days since the New Hampshire primary. And Haley held fundraisers with top Republican donors in New York City and South Florida last week, and similar financial events are planned this week in California as well as Texas.
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The next major issue for Republicans is Haley’s home state, where the Republican primary will be held on February 24th. The latest poll shows the former president holding a commanding 26-point lead over Haley.
But Haley said she doesn’t need to win South Carolina to remain in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
“Success is about being competitive. It’s about closing the gap. It’s about making sure we can continue to move forward heading into Super Tuesday,” Haley said in an interview on Fox News Digital last Thursday. emphasized.
After a campaign event at a popular eatery in the Palmetto state capital, Haley spoke again about her goalposts in an interview with Fox News.
Nikki Haley speaks with voters after an election event in Columbia, South Carolina, on February 1, 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] “We want to be more competitive heading into Super Tuesday,” she stressed.
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This year, 36% of all Republican presidential delegates will be elected to the primaries and caucuses held on Super Tuesday, March 5th.
Haley has faced calls for her resignation since losing to Trump by 11 points in New Hampshire on January 23, prompting Trump to begin focusing on defeating President Biden in the November general election. I can do it.
But Haley stressed: “We’re not going anywhere.”
“This is really about bridging that gap,” she added. “We have a country to save, and as long as we can continue to close the gap, I am determined to keep going until the end.”
President Trump has repeatedly criticized Haley since she announced on the night of the New Hampshire primary that she would continue her presidential campaign.
On Sunday, President Trump took to the Truth social platform to slam Haley as a “failed political candidate.”
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