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As voters in 16 states and one territory solid their ballots at the moment in a sequence of essential primaries and caucuses, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has clearly slipped out of the general public eye.
On presumably crucial day within the race for the presidential nomination, Haley has returned to her residence state, with no public occasions scheduled for Tremendous Tuesday night.
The Tremendous Tuesday primaries stand as a cornerstone of the American electoral course of, second solely to the November common elections of their nationwide significance. In the present day, voters are making their decisions for presidential candidates, with many states additionally figuring out candidates for governor, U.S. Senate, and district lawyer.
The states included embody:
- alabama
- alaska
- arkansas
- California
- colorado
- iowa
- I
- Massachusetts
- minnesota
- North Carolina
- oklahoma
- tennessee
- texas
- utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- American Samoa
Over the previous week, Haley has been campaigning in the identical states the place voting takes place at the moment, in a last-ditch effort to win over voters.
Nevertheless, as voting started this morning, Haley was noticeably lacking. Not solely is she not seen in public tonight, however her marketing campaign's future plans additionally stay mysterious as no extra rallies seem on her official schedule.
AP reported:
Nikki Haley has billed her Republican presidential marketing campaign as the most important day of the first season, and has been touring Tremendous Tuesday states throughout the nation for the previous a number of days.
However the former UN ambassador and former governor of South Carolina is just not making any public appearances on Tuesday night time. And there aren’t any future marketing campaign rallies listed on his web site.
Haley's marketing campaign says she is spending election night time within the Charleston, South Carolina space, watching the outcomes together with her workers.
The marketing campaign says: “The temper is jubilant.”
Has the “Queen of the Swamp” lastly admitted defeat?!