Nikki Haley will announce today that she is suspending her presidential bid, according to several media sources.
Why it matters: Haley’s results on Super Tuesday failed to validate her claim that 40% of Republicans want someone other than former President Trump at the top of the ticket. but her rise in the polls and 11th-hour endorsements were not enough to break former President Trump’s commanding lead.
- The former South Carolina governer is expected to announce the news in remarks on Wednesday morning, the Wall Street Journal first reported.
- The source confirmed Haley won’t endorse Trump. Instead, she’ll encourage Trump “to earn the support of Republicans and independent voters who backed her,” The Journal reports.
Haley’s announcement effectively ends the GOP presidential primary and confirms a historic rematch between President Biden and Trump, who is also facing four criminal indictments.
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Who will be Trump’s VP?
According to a Deseret News/HarrisX poll of registered Republican voters nationally, 18% said DeSantis is their top pick to be Trump’s vice president, followed by Vivek Ramaswamy (15%), Nikki Haley (12%) and Tim Scott (9%).
- Among all voters, regardless of party affiliation, Haley (16%) is the top pick, followed by DeSantis (10%) and Ramaswamy (8%).
The poll was conducted Feb. 26-27 among 1,007 registered voters, with a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points. The sample of self-described Republican voters was 367, with a margin of error of +/- 5.1 percentage points.
