WASHINGTON (AP) — Hawaii Republicans will hold caucuses Tuesday to cast votes in a presidential nomination contest in which former incumbent Donald Trump is the only remaining major candidate competing. Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley ended her campaign this week. Trump won 14 of 15 contests held on Super Tuesday, putting him near the number of delegates needed to …
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Nikki Haley can’t win the Republican primary with 40%. But she can expose some of Trump’s weaknesses
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign has vowed not to talk about her anymore. Many pundits have written her off entirely. But Nikki Haley is still campaigning across the country — and plenty of Republican voters are coming to hear what she has to say. Before packed audiences in states that will vote on Super Tuesday next week, …
Read More »Why AP called South Carolina for Trump: Race call explained
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press declared Donald Trump the winner of the South Carolina primary as soon as polls closed. The race call was based on a comprehensive survey of South Carolina Republican primary voters that showed him defeating Nikki Haley by wide margins in her home state. Declaring a winner Saturday as polls close based on the results …
Read More »Off to Michigan, Haley is staying in the race despite Trump’s easy primary win in South Carolina
TROY, Mich. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says it’s not “the end of our story” despite Donald Trump’s easy primary victory in South Carolina, her home state where the onetime governor had long suggested her competitiveness with the former president would show. Defying calls from South Carolina Republicans to exit the race, Haley traveled Sunday to Michigan, which …
Read More »Trump faces warning signs that his fundraising prowess may have limits in 2024 campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s legendary ability to raise massive sums of political cash may be on a collision course with a new and unpleasant reality. Campaign finance reports released this week flashed bright warning lights, showing two key committees in his political operation raised an anemic $13.8 million in January while collectively spending more than they took in. A …
Read More »She’s not quitting. Takeaways from Nikki Haley’s push to stay in the GOP contest against Trump
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley’s team is bracing for a home state embarrassment in South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary on Saturday. Conventional wisdom suggests she’ll be forced to drop out. But that may not apply in 2024. Ahead of a major speech on Tuesday, Haley told The Associated Press that she’s staying in the race no matter what …
Read More »Pennsylvania’s 2024 primary election features contests for attorney general and Congress
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s 2024 primary election may lack drama in the high-stakes races for president and U.S. Senate, but the fields for lower-ballot contests filled up for the state’s attorney general’s office and a handful of its 17 seats in the U.S. House. The deadline was Tuesday at 5 p.m. for Republicans and Democrats to submit voter signatures …
Read More »San Francisco mayor’s race heats up with another challenger to London Breed
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former interim mayor of San Francisco announced Tuesday he’s running for his previous job, joining a competitive field of candidates who say the city has crumbled under the watch of Mayor London Breed, who is up for reelection this year. Mark Farrell served as interim mayor of San Francisco from January to July 2018, when …
Read More »Pennsylvania’s 2024 primary election features contests for attorney general and Congress
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s 2024 primary election may lack drama in the high-stakes races for president and U.S. Senate, but the fields for lower-ballot contests filled up for the state’s attorney general’s office and a handful of its 17 seats in the U.S. House. The deadline was Tuesday at 5 p.m. for Republicans and Democrats to submit voter signatures …
Read More »Donald Trump wins Nevada’s Republican caucuses after being the only major candidate to participate
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former President Donald Trump won Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses Thursday after he was the only major candidate to compete, winning his third straight state as he tries to secure his party’s nomination. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, his last major rival still in the race, skipped the caucuses even though they are the only contest in …
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