Ahead of Super Tuesday, Nikki Haley says she will stay in the 2024 presidential race as long as she is 'competitive'

• GOP candidate Nikki Haley said in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday she will continue in the race for the Republican presidential nomination as long as she remains competitive.
• The interview comes days ahead of Super Tuesday, when 15 states and one territory will vote in presidential primaries.
• After primary losses in Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire, Haley trails former President Donald Trump in delegates with just 27 to his 247 so far.

Days ahead of the Super Tuesday presidential primaries, former South Carolina governor and Republican candidate Nikki Haley said in an interview Sunday she will continue in the race for the GOP nomination as long as she remains competitive.

In an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press," Haley said she is not looking "too far ahead" when asked if she would drop out of the race if she loses to frontrunner and former president Donald Trump on Super Tuesday.

"As long as we are competitive, as long as we are showing that there is a place for us, I'm going to continue to fight," Haley said.

After primary losses in Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire, Haley trails Trump in delegates with just 27 to his 247 so far. However, Haley said those primaries only partially represent who Americans will vote for on Super Tuesday. Fifteen states and one territory will vote in primaries on Tuesday.

"You've only had three or four states that have voted up until now," Haley said. "We're a big country and we want everybody to feel like they had the opportunity to vote for someone and not against someone."

Several Trump-critical Republican senators have endorsed Haley, including Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski as her state heads to the polls Tuesday.

In an interview with NBC News Saturday,