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2024 Republican Presidential Contest

  1. poll position
    What the Polls Say Today: Does Haley Have a Shot in South Carolina?Trump appears to be romping toward victory in Haley’s home state and beyond.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    What Is Nikki Haley Even Thinking at This Point?Heading toward a humiliating defeat and possible excommunication, Trump’s final challenger must have some plan we can’t quite discern.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    What the Polls Say Today: There’s No Hope for Nikki HaleyTrump’s only remaining GOP rival isn’t polling well in this month’s South Carolina primary, and the road gets even rockier from there.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Nikki Haley Trounced in Nevada by ‘None of the Above’The Nevada GOP primary wasn’t a real race without Trump on the ballot, but the results for Haley were still quite embarrassing.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    RNC Naming Trump ‘Presumptive Nominee’ Too Much Even for HimThe gesture aimed at pushing Haley out of the race prematurely was withdrawn after Trump declined the honor.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    If Nikki Haley Can’t Win in New Hampshire, She Should QuitPolls say the New Hampshire primary is Haley’s one shot at defeating Trump. If she fails all she’ll find in South Carolina is humiliation.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Tim Scott Endorsing Trump Is Another Blow to Nikki HaleyShe’s already trailing badly in her home state. Now an old ally is backing her opponent and could even block her path to becoming vice-president.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    What the Polls Say Today: Trump’s Lead in the GOP Race Is SoaringPolls of Super Tuesday states suggest New Hampshire is Nikki Haley’s one chance to upset Donald Trump in the GOP contest.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Democrats Aren’t ‘Infiltrating’ New Hampshire’s Primary to Vote HaleyIndependents have long been allowed to vote in the GOP primary. That doesn’t mean Haley is rigging the contest, as Trump is suggesting.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Nikki Haley Can’t Wish Away Ron DeSantisThe third-place finisher in Iowa desperately needs a two-candidate race against Trump in New Hampshire. So she’s pretending that’s reality.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Republican Never Trump Candidates Fold at the Starting GateWith Christie and Hutchinson gone, Trump-hating Republicans might now back Nikki Haley, who could become Trump’s running mate.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump Won the Only Real Ticket Out of IowaRon DeSantis and Nikki Haley’s campaigns are barely breathing. Now the only Republican who can beat Trump is Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    2024 Iowa Caucus: How It Works and Who’s Expected to WinPolls show Trump has a huge lead with Haley and DeSantis battling for second place. Here’s what to watch for when 2024 voting kicks off on MLK Day.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Christie Drops Out After Blasting Nikki Haley on a Hot MicHis withdrawal will help Nikki Haley against Trump, but don’t expect him to endorse anyone who won’t attack the front-runner.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Does It Matter Who Won the DeSantis-Haley Iowa Debate?The first one-on-one cage match got pretty nasty.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump’s Appeal to Non-Churchgoing Evangelicals Is Undoing DeSantisA rapidly growing breed of evangelicals resembles Trump in his non-observant habits and focus on smiting perceived enemies.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    How Republicans Learned to Love January 6Three years ago, the insurrection was condemned by the very same people who now support returning Donald Trump to power.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    DeSantis Trying to Out-Trump Trump to the Bitter EndThe Florida governor’s campaign may soon end, but he’s going out with the same MAGA strategy he pursued all along.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Chris Christie Can’t Explain Why He’s Still Running for PresidentAsked bluntly by Hugh Hewitt if he’s just helping his nemesis, Donald Trump, Christie got evasive.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Ramaswamy Caps Off 2024 Campaign by Veering to the Far RightEmbracing MAGA conspiracy theories and welcoming Steve King’s endorsement won’t save his fading presidential campaign.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    2024 Drama Kicks Off With Shutdown Threat and Trump ShowdownsWith congressional funding cliffs, GOP presidential primaries, and Trump court decisions, January and February are sure to be chaotic.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    DeSantis’s Super-PAC Is Imploding, Much Like His CampaignDeSantis off-loaded core campaign functions to a super-PAC. Now it’s falling apart, leaving him running an obsolete strategy against Donald Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump on Track to Clinch Nomination in March — or Even EarlierThe Trump campaign predicts he’ll have the delegates he needs by March 19. But polls suggest he may knock out his rivals well before that.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Is Failed Candidate Tim Scott a Kingmaker Now?He could deliver some votes in South Carolina and could even become Trump’s veep. But if he wants to run in 2028, he might keep his powder dry.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump Sees ‘Poison the Blood’ Rhetoric As a Winning TacticHis inflammatory remarks were aimed at mainstream GOP voters, who have grown far more extreme on immigration.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Nikki Haley Needs a Miracle, Not Just Hype, to Beat TrumpAn endorsement by New Hampshire’s Chris Sununu is raising hopes for Haley in early states. It’s more likely that Trump trounces her in South Carolina.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump Team Accuses DeSantis of Plotting to ‘Rig’ Iowa CaucusCasey DeSantis issued a confusing call for non-Iowans to “descend” on the state. Now Team Trump is crying “voter fraud.”
    By Ed Kilgore
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    GOP Debaters Barely Even Tried to Take Down TrumpAfter four debates, it’s obvious no one other than a doomed Chris Christie is willing to target the front-runner in any serious way.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Nikki Haley Is the Marco Rubio of 2024These two darlings of Never Trump conservatism have in common a great deal of opportunistic flexibility, and probably the same electoral fate.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Haley’s Plan to Gut the Government Is Even Worse Than Trump’sHer five-year “term limit” proposal for federal employees shows she’s no moderate.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    DeSantis Sets Himself Up for Humiliation in IowaHe’s predicting he’ll beat Trump, which is highly unlikely, instead of framing a second-place victory over Nikki Haley as a win.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Christie Vows to Continue Doomed Campaign to the Bitter EndThe former New Jersey governor could maintain a zombie candidacy right up until the convention. What does he have to lose?
    By Ed Kilgore
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    DeSantis Hangs On in Iowa Despite Campaign TurmoilAs the governor won the endorsement of Iowa kingmaker Bob Vander Plaats, leaders of his PAC were almost literally at each other’s throats.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Nevada Republicans Bungle Key Early Spot in 2024 RaceThe third state to vote will have two nominating contests, and neither of them will matter much.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Haley Is on the Brink of Croaking DeSantisDeSantis has one path to survival: a strong second-place finish in Iowa. Haley might lose there and beat him later.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Tim Scott’s Exit Leaves Only Two Serious GOP Trump RivalsNikki Haley and Ron DeSantis are competing for second place, but their chances against Donald Trump remain slim.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Mike Pence’s Candidacy Embodied the GOP’s Post-Trump DelusionsThe former vice-president wasn’t the only Republican who mistakenly believed the party was ready to move on from Donald Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore