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Nikki Haley Rival Out-Raises Her in Campaign Funds for GOP Runoff in S.C.
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyWhile state Rep. Nikki Haley beat her closest rival, Rep. Gresham Barrett, by more than 2-to-1 in South Carolina's GOP gubernatorial primary, Barrett so far has outraised Haley in campaign funds for their June 22 runoff election, suggesting some unease in Republican ranks about Haley's candidacy, The (Columbia) State reported Sunday. Haley beat Barrett 49 percent to 22 percent, just shy of the 50 percent needed to avoid the runoff. But The State said the fact that a "long-shot" campaign like Barrett's would out-do the frontrunner "is evidence traditional Republican donors have concerns" about ...
Nikki Haley and Rand Paul Races: Where Have All the Reporters Gone?
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyOn the cusp of her historic landslide victory in the South Carolina GOP gubernatorial primary, Nikki Haley swooped into Hartsville last Saturday afternoon. More than 100 Tea Party activists waited in the scorching heat for the Indian-American state legislator, who had fought off two public but totally unproven accusations of adultery and survived a Republican state senator castigating her as a "raghead." It was the perfect political scene to cap the weekend's campaign coverage less than 72 hours before the state's most raucous, riveting and, at times, repugnant gubernatorial primary in ...
Jake Knotts Is Rebuked for Ethnic Slur Against Nikki Haley
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyLexington County in South Carolina is home base to both state Republican Rep. Nikki Haley and state Sen. Jake Knotts. On Thursday night, county Republicans voted to rebuke Knotts and ask him to resign his office after he used an ethnic slur last week against Haley, the top vote-getter in Tuesday's gubernatorial primary. Knotts had used the slur "raghead" to describe both Haley, whose parents are Indian immigrants and President Barack Obama, during an Internet political talk show. Knotts said he would not resign, and maintained the resolution was pushed by supporters of Haley and Gov. Mark ...
Pre-Allegation Poll: Nikki Haley Has Big Lead in S.C. Race for GOP Governor Nod
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyWhile it has yet to be seen whether there will be any impact from allegations that South Carolina gubernatorial hopeful Nikki Haley had an extramarital affair, she would have to fall a long way to lose the commanding lead she has over the field of other contenders for the GOP nomination, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted before the story hit the airwaves. Haley has flatly denied any infidelity, as alleged by a conservative blogger who used to be a spokesman for disgraced GOP Gov. Mark Sanford. The conservative state legislator has the support of 39 percent of likely ...
No Clear Favorite Yet in Democratic Field of S.C. Governor Hopefuls
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyWhile the GOP primary race for South Carolina governor has a frontrunner (although with many voters still undecided), the outlook is less clear for the Democratic field with the top two candidates tied and a third within the margin of error, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted March 3. State Sen. Vincent Sheheen and Superintendent of Education Jim Rex are even at 16 percent each with state Sen. Robert Ford at 12 percent. Lawyer Dwight Drake, who has dropped out, has 5 percent while 15 percent prefer some other candidtae and 37 percent are undecided. The margin of error is 5 ...
McMaster Leads GOP Hopefuls in Race to Succeed S.C.'s Mark Sanford
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySouth Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster is leading the pack of GOP hopefuls running for the seat now held by Republican Gov. Mark Sanford who, because of term limits, couldn't have sought re-election even if he had not become tarred by a scandal over an extramarital affair. McMaster draws the support of 21 percent of likely primary voters, with Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer second at 17 percent, Rep. Gresham Barrett third at 14 percent and State Rep. Nikki Haley fourth at 12 percent, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted March 3 . Nine percent preferred some other candidate and 29 ...
In S.C, Sanford's Exit Will Leave a Wide Open Field for Governor
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyEven if South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford had not self-destructed this year in a scandal over his extramarital affair, he couldn't have run again because of term limits. That has created an open field in both parties of candidates seeking the job. But right now the common denominator for most is that they are not well-known, and the one who is best-known -- Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer -- is not particular popular, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Dec. 3-6. ...
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