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Gov. Haley endorsing Rubio for president
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio will win South Carolina’s most Republican coveted endorsement of the 2016 presidential race when Gov. Nikki Haley announces her support at a Chapin rally on Wednesday evening, a source with knowledge of the governor’s decision told The State.
Read More >>Pro-Cruz super PAC plans $2 million Nevada blitz
A deep-pocketed super PAC supporting Republican Ted Cruz is spending more than $2 million to boost the Texas senator in Nevada.
Keep the Promise I, funded by hedge-fund billionaire Robert Mercer, this week announced it is spending $573,000 to air two television commercials in the Silver State ahead of Tuesday’s GOP caucuses. But the vast majority of its money is funding expanded field operations and mailings that target his Republican rival, Marco Rubio.
Read More >>National poll: Sanders tied with Clinton, Trump up 8 points
Donald Trump’s lead among Republicans nationally has soared back to double digits, according to the results of the latest Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, while on the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are locked in a virtual tie.
Read More >>Attacks slow Cruz in SC
Ted Cruz’s support appears to have plateaued in South Carolina, putting him at risk of finishing a distant second to Donald Trump in Saturday’s GOP primary.
Cruz was once seen by some as the favorite in the state, a conservative stronghold that has a history of picking the eventual Republican presidential nominee.
Read More >>Trump up big in Nevada: poll
Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump holds a commanding lead in the party’s Feb. 23 Nevada caucuses, according to a CNN/ORC poll released on Wednesday.
Trump has 45 percent support, followed by 19 percent who said they are backing Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), 17 percent who are backing Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and 7 percent who are backing retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
Read More >>GOP town hall: What to watch for
Republican presidential contenders are set for one last nationally televised chance to make their cases before Saturday’s crucial South Carolina primary.
The pair of town halls, which start at 8 p.m. on both Wednesday and Thursday nights, will be moderated by CNN’s Anderson Cooper. The first night features Ben Carson, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, and the second night’s lineup is Jeb Bush, John Kasich and Donald Trump.
Read More >>If Donald Trump wins South Carolina, can he be stopped?
By Saturday night, after polls close in South Carolina, Donald Trump is poised to have a gigantic lead in the Republican delegate race. By no means an insurmountable one, of course, but a big Trump victory there will start to raise questions about where, if anywhere, he can be stopped.
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