Nikki Haley Suspends 2024 Presidential Race After Super Tuesday Showing

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced Wednesday morning she would be suspending her presidential campaign after a poor showing on Super Tuesday.

“I am filled with gratitude for the outpouring of support we’ve received all across our great country, but the time has now come to suspend my campaign,” Haley began onstage in her home state.

While congratulating the presumptive nominee, former President Donald Trump, Haley stopped short of endorsing him.

“I have no regrets,” she said, adding: “And although I will no longer be a candidate, I will not stop using my voice for the things I believe in.”

The first Republican to challenge Trump, Haley is now the last to drop out, having stayed in the race longer than Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and others.

Although she was a steady critic of the former president, Haley acknowledged that he would likely be the Republican Party’s 2024 nominee and said it was time for him to “earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support it.”

Among the 15 states that held primary elections Tuesday, Haley came away winning only one — Vermont. Her victory there came as a surprise, but it still puts her very far from the number of delegates needed to seriously challenge Trump. Days earlier, she had won the Republican primary in Washington, D.C.

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