Haley’s team show’s off her fundraising figures as they aim to keep the campaign against Trump going until at least Super Tuesday
Nikki Haley is set to visit California on Wednesday, where the Republican presidential candidate is slated to be the main speaker at her inaugural rally among the 15 states conducting nominating contests on Super Tuesday in early March.
Before embarking on her campaign and fundraising tour in the western region, Nikki Haley, the former two-term South Carolina governor and former U.N. ambassador in the Trump administration, aims to highlight her momentum. She faces a challenging path in her bid for the 2024 GOP nomination against her former boss, Donald Trump.
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Haley’s team reported a total fundraising amount of $16.5 million last month across all of their campaign committees, with $11.7 million coming from small-dollar grassroots supporters.
The fundraising total of $16.5 million in January, marking Haley’s most successful month to date, was initially reported by Axios and subsequently confirmed by US Newzs. Additionally, Haley’s campaign reported an increase of nearly 70,000 donors during the same month.
Since launching her presidential campaign a year ago, Haley has witnessed a steady rise in fundraising. She garnered $7.3 million during the April-June second quarter of 2023, followed by $11 million in the July-September third quarter. In the last three months of the previous year, she raised over $24 million, as initially reported by US Newzs.
“Hundreds of thousands of Americans are backing Nikki’s campaign because they reject the prospect of two grumpy old men and all the chaos, confusion, and grievances that come with them. They seek a robust, conservative leader who can rescue this country,” asserted Haley campaign spokesperson Olivia Perez-Cubas, while targeting both 77-year-old Trump and 81-year-old President Biden.
Initially considered a long shot for the nomination, Haley gained momentum in the polls during the late summer and autumn. This momentum was attributed, in part, to her well-received performances in the first three GOP presidential primary debates.
She is the ultimate significant contender against Trump in a GOP presidential field that grew to nearly 15 candidates last summer before contracting.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis withdrew from the race last month, two days before the Jan. 23 New Hampshire primary, transforming the nomination contest into a two-candidate showdown between Haley and Trump. Trump, running for the White House for the third consecutive time, holds a commanding lead as the frontrunner.
Haley secured 43% of the vote in New Hampshire, trailing Trump by 11 points. In the days following the New Hampshire primary, she and her team have consistently highlighted her grassroots fundraising efforts. Last week, Haley hosted fundraisers with high-profile GOP donors in New York City and South Florida, with similar finance events planned for California this week and Texas.
The upcoming significant contest on the Republican schedule is in Haley’s home state, with the GOP primary scheduled for Feb. 24. According to the latest public opinion survey, the former president maintains a substantial 26-point lead over Haley.
Haley stated that winning in South Carolina is not a necessity to sustain her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
“Success means being competitive. Closing the gap. Making sure we can continue to go forward as we go into Super Tuesday,” Haley emphasized in a US Newzs Digital interview last Thursday.
Haley, speaking with US Newzs after a campaign event at a popular eatery in the Palmetto State’s capital city, reiterated her objectives.
“It’s just about keeping that momentum going. We got 20% in Iowa. We got 43% in New Hampshire. Let’s bring it a little bit closer so that we can get closer to him [Trump] and make it more competitive going into Super Tuesday,” she emphasized.
Thirty-six percent of all Republican presidential delegates will be contested in the primaries and caucuses held on Super Tuesday, scheduled for March 5 this year.
Following her 11-point loss to Trump on Jan. 23 in New Hampshire, Haley has encountered calls to withdraw from the race, with suggestions that this would allow Trump to concentrate on challenging President Biden in the November general election.
Haley emphasized that “we’re not going anywhere.”
“This is about just closing that gap,” she added. “We have a country to save, and I am determined to keep on going the entire way as long as we can keep closing that gap.”
Trump has consistently criticized Haley since she declared on primary night in New Hampshire that she would persist with her presidential campaign.
On Sunday, Trump used his Truth Social platform to assert that Haley was a “Failed Political Candidate.”