Trump was able to claim victory in the New Hampshire GOP primary

Is The Electoral Race Over? An Update on Nikki Haley’s Campaign in Nevada, New Hampshire, and South Carolina

The next two states on the primary calendar are in less moderate-friendly territory. In Nevada, delegates will be awarded through a party caucus where Trump is well positioned but Haley is not signed up to appear on the ballot. Then it’s on to South Carolina, where the vast majority of political leaders have endorsed Trump and where the electorate is decidedly more MAGA than in New Hampshire.

Earlier on Tuesday, Haley’s campaign in a memo laid out a hypothetical path into March, saying that she could compete in a wider variety of states, including the 16 states that vote on March 5, also known as Super Tuesday.

But instead, she finished third in Iowa and immediately started lowering expectations for New Hampshire. Haley did not predict a New Hampshire win, instead hoping for a stronger finish in the state.

“You’ve all heard the chatter among the political class,” Haley said. “They’re falling all over themselves saying this race is over. Well, I have news for all of them: … This race is far from over. There are a lot of states left.

Haley told her supporters Tuesday night that she is staying in the race and looking forward to competing in her home state’s primary at the end of February.

In New Hampshire, he withstood an aggressive challenge from his former United Nations ambassador, Nikki Haley, who is the final major Republican candidate standing in Trump’s way after other hopefuls dropped out.

New Hampshire seemed to be a good place for her. Independent voters who are not part of the Republican party could potentially vote in the GOP primary. Haley and her allied super PACs spent more than $31 million on television ads in the small state, doubling pro-Trump spending. She also had the endorsement of the state’s popular Republican governor, Chris Sununu, who campaigned for her tirelessly.

Manchester, N.H. Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary, which puts him on a path to secure the Republican nomination, according to The Associated Press.

The First Day of the 2020 South Carolina Caucus: Haley’s ‘Out of Admittance’ after Dean’s 2004 presidential bid

Even Haley supporters recognize though that it’s an “uphill climb,” as former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a former candidate for this very nomination who dropped out after Iowa, said during NPR live coverage of the primary.

South Carolina takes place a month from now, Feb. 24 (after Nevada, which holds its caucus on Feb. 8 but Haley is not on that ballot). Does she stay in for a month to South Carolina? Will she have the money to pay it off?

If Haley were to suspend her campaign by February 17th, it would be the earliest in the last 40 years that anyone besides their top opponent has wrapped up the nomination.

Vermont Gov. Howard Dean ended his presidential bid on Feb. 18, 2004, after John Kerry secured the Democratic nomination. The earliest anyone officially reached the magic number of delegates needed was March 5 for Republican John McCain in 2008. The primaries and caucuses were like a battle of wills with states moving ahead of each other to be first. They wound up starting about two weeks earlier than this year.