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...The contrast is backed up by recent polling from South Carolina showing Trump as many as 37 points ahead of Haley — a stunning gap in a state where she was once a popular governor....
...The next morning, the local newspaper in Charleston pulled no punches with a front page riffing on Haley’s tagline from her two terms as governor: “It’s a great day in South Carolina.”...
...A new Suffolk University/USA Today poll of likely primary voters published on Tuesday showed Trump ahead of Haley in South Carolina by 63 per cent to 35 per cent....
...term in Kentucky rather handily last year over a rising Maga star, and Roy Cooper, who is finishing his second term in North Carolina....
...The Scott endorsement will come as a gut punch to Haley, who as governor of South Carolina appointed him to the US Senate in 2013....
...Florida governor Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley were virtually tied in a distant second place, on 17 and 15 per cent, respectively....
...Rubio and Tim Scott, a South Carolina senator, have strong ties to conservative megadonors....
...“They viewed DeSantis as a better version of Trump. That’s why they were with him....
...South Carolina senator Tim Scott, North Dakota governor Doug Burgum and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy — who all ran against Trump in the primary before endorsing him — will join the event....
...Then there are any number of less obvious potentials, such as Doug Burgum, North Dakota governor and former presidential contender, and even Nikki Haley, who was the last one standing against Trump in the...
...The New Hampshire primary was seen as a crucial test for Haley, who finished in a disappointing third place behind Florida governor Ron DeSantis in Iowa....
...Whatley is chair of the North Carolina Republican party....
...The former South Carolina governor responded to days of attacks by Trump, telling voters to check “every single thing” that he had said about her....
...Doug Burgum Governor of North Dakota Burgum, 67, was a political novice when he first ran for governor of North Dakota in 2016....
...Disney last year accused Florida of a “targeted campaign of government retaliation — orchestrated at every step by Governor DeSantis as punishment for Disney’s protected speech”....
..., a former governor of the state....
...Haley, who was also formerly governor of South Carolina, has gambled on a strong showing in New Hampshire, which holds its primary next week and where she hopes her brand of traditional conservatism may...
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...North Carolina governor Roy Cooper issued a scathing letter to the heads of both companies this week, saying that his constituents were “frustrated and angry that their football viewing holiday weekend was...
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