Republican Nikki Haley suffered a string of significant losses on Tuesday that prompted allies to believe that the end of her 2024 presidential campaign may be near.
Republican Nikki Haley suffered a string of significant losses on Tuesday that prompted allies to believe that the end of her 2024 presidential campaign may be near.
She did not make any public statements as officials counted ballots coast to coast late into the night. Privately, Haley’s team expected Republican rival Donald Trump to win almost every one of the so-called “Super Tuesday” contests despite their best efforts to stop him.
Haley logged her only victory so far in Vermont.
She spent the night huddled with staff watching returns near her South Carolina home.
“The mood is jubilant,” spokesperson Olivia Perez-Cubas said. “There is lots of food and music.”
Despite the party atmosphere, the campaign’s get-out-the-vote efforts fell short and Haley could face growing pressure to suspend her campaign in the coming days.
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She entered Super Tuesday as a huge underdog in the Republican presidential nomination contest, and she left the day having suffered a series of losses that will make it virtually impossible to stop Trump from securing the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
Trump is expected to win the necessary 1,215 delegates to become the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee later this month.
During previous election nights, he has criticised Haley in personal terms, but on Tuesday he made no mention of her at all during remarks at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
