The race for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination pivots to New Hampshire. Follow live updates
A day after Donald Trump won Iowa's caucuses, the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination has turned to New Hampshire.
Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley are holding events in the first-in-the-nation GOP primary state on Tuesday, hoping to capitalize on their performances in Iowa. Trump won by more than 30 percentage points, while DeSantis narrowly edged Haley for second place.
Disappointing finishes in Iowa by biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson led to their exits from the race.
What to know
Here’s how Trump won in Iowa — and why the caucus was practically over before it began
Takeaways from Iowa's leadoff caucuses
Two candidates drop out after Iowa: Vivek Ramaswamy and Asa Hutchinson
Haley says she won’t debate DeSantis in New Hampshire unless Trump participates
DeSantis stops in South Carolina to rib Haley
On his way to next-voting New Hampshire, DeSantis made a stop in South Carolina to emphasize he plans to take on and beat Haley in her home state.
He asked the crowd of several hundred at a converted airplane hangar in Greenville if any of them could name an accomplishment during Haley’s six years as governor. No hands went up. DeSantis said in Florida, there would have been plenty of hands.
He later told reporters that the door is still open for someone to beat Trump for the nomination and that his second-place finish shows he’s that choice.
“Half the people wanted someone else," DeSantis said, referring to the 51% of the vote Trump captured in Iowa.
Digging in further on Haley, he said she was the reason he did a Fox News debate with Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom last year.
“I needed practice debating someone