CHARLESTON, S.C. – Her chances of securing the 2024 Republican presidential nomination are vanishing fast. But Nikki Haley isn’t giving up — at least not yet.
After suffering defeats against former President Donald Trump in Iowa, New Hampshire and the U.S. Virgin Islands and losing to “none of the above” in the Nevada primary, the former South Carolina governor was banking on the results of her home state primary to turn the race around.
It wasn’t even close. Projections now show Haley losing South Carolina and most, if not all, of its delegates will likely go to Trump. For most politicians, a loss of this magnitude in their home state would end their campaign. No major-party nominee since 1972 has lost their home state.
Addressing a crowd of supporters chanting "Nikki" on Saturday night, the former U.N. ambassador conceded the election to her former boss, who was leading her by around 20 percentage points when she took the stage.
"America will come apart if we make the wrong choices. This has never been about me or my political future," Haley told a cheering crowd. "I am a woman of my word. I'm not giving up this fight."
