Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has announced that she is dropping out of the Republican presidential race after former President Donald Trump defeated her in all but one Super Tuesday primary.
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“I am filled with gratitude for the outpouring of support we’ve received from all across our great country, but the time has now come to suspend my campaign,” said Haley, “I have no regrets.”
During the Super Tuesday primaries, Nikki Haley defeated President Trump in Vermont, but was defeated in all 14 other primaries, including Maine’s, leaving Trump with a nearly insurmountable lead.
On Wednesday, Haley addressed the nation from Charleston, South Carolina, her home state, announcing her decision to suspend her campaign.
Throughout the race, Haley made her opposition to the Trump supporting wing of the Republican Party a fixture of her campaign.
After Trump won a sweeping victory in Iowa, all the other major Republican candidates, including Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) and Vivek Ramaswamy, dropped out and endorsed Trump, but Haley vowed to stay in the race, hoping to give voters an alternative to Trump.
During her campaign suspension speech, Haley stopped short of endorsing Trump, although she did wish him well and express hope that he would be able to win over the voters who did not support him in the primary.
“In all likelihood, Donald Trump Will be the Republican nominee when our party convention meets in July, I congratulate and wish him well,” said Haley, “This is now his time for choosing.”
Throughout the race, Haley stayed far behind Trump, winning only Vermont and Washington, D.C., while Trump swept every other state primary thus far.
Following the Super Tuesday primaries, Trump holds 995 Republican delegates compared with the 89 delegates held by Haley when she decided to suspend her campaign.
1,215 delegates are required to win the Republican nomination.
Following Haley’s announcement, Trump remains the only significant candidate remaining in the Republican primary.
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President Joe Biden dominated the Democrat primaries on Tuesday, winning every one except for the relatively insignificant primary in American Samoa.
American Samoa has fewer delegates than any other Democrat primary, only offering six in total.
President Biden received two of those delegates, while the minor candidate Jason Palmer, an entrepreneur, defeated him and won the four remaining delegates.
