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Nikki Haley Weathers Infidelity Charges, Leads GOP Governor's Race in S.C.
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySouth Carolina state Rep. Nikki Haley shows no sign of suffering any damage from allegations that she has had extramarital affairs, with a new poll showing she continues to hold a 20 point lead in her bid for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. A majority of voters say they don't believe the accusations of infidelity. Going into Tuesday's primary, Haley runs ahead of the Republican field with 43 percent followed by Rep. Gresham Barrett at 23 percent, Attorney General Henry McMaster at 16 percent, and Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer at 12 percent, with 7 percent undecided, according to a Public Policy ...
Sarah Palin's Endorsement: Curse or Blessing?
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyTuesday could be a big day in determining how far Sarah Palin's endorsement star power goes. Two of Palin's most high profile and perhaps most controversial "mama grizzlies" face Republican primaries June 8. In South Carolina, beleaguered state Rep. Nikki Haley is considered the front-runner in a four-way primary for governor. In the two weeks before the election, however, two men have said they've had affairs with the state lawmaker. Haley has denied the accusations and Palin is sticking by her candidate. In California, two recent polls show Carly Fiorina in the lead against two men in ...
2nd Man Claims Affair With SC Governor Hopeful
By not in system - AOL NewsCOLUMBIA, S.C. (June 2) -- A South Carolina lobbyist resigned from a rival political campaign on Wednesday and then became the second man to claim he had a tryst with a Republican lawmaker trying to become the state's first female governor. Lobbyist Larry Marchant admitted he had no proof to back up his allegation of a one-night stand with state Rep. Nikki Haley in 2008 and her campaign vehemently denied the allegation. The claim became the latest political drama for a state that was roiled when Gov. Mark Sanford made a tearful confession last summer to sneaking out of the country to ...
Haley Spokesman Calls Text Messages Figment of Folks' Imagination
By Dana Chivvis - Politics DailyThe latest South Carolina political sex scandal has taken a new turn, with a spokesman for Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley calling a series of text messages posted on the website of FITSNews founder and blogger Will Folks the product of an "overactive imagination" that "has gone into overdrive." "South Carolina politics is full of rumors and innuendo, and of course our campaign did everything in our power to prevent false rumors about Nikki from airing out in the media as they now have," the spokesman, Tom Pearson, wrote in an e-mail to CNN. On Monday, Folks said he had had ...
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