Former SC Governor Haley Expected to Announce White House Run for 2024

Cementing what has been in the works for months, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will formally announce she is running for president and will seek the Republican nomination for her party’s 2024 ticket.

According to an invitation soon going out to her backers, Haley’s advertised “special announcement” will come Feb. 15 in Charleston. The confirmation she is entering the race came Jan. 31 from a member of Haley’s inner circle.

As a Republican who was Former President Trump’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Haley said in 2021 she would not run against Trump. During his weekend campaign swing that included a stop at the S.C. Statehouse, Trump told national reporters he recently received a phone call from Haley. Trump said Haley told him “she’d like to consider” a 2024 run of her own. Trump then reportedly told Haley, “Go by your heart if you want to run.”

Haley joins a potentially expansive field of Republicans said to be eager to challenge Biden. They most visibly include Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, and Mike Pompeo, the former CIA director who later served as secretary of state under Trump. U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., may also be in the mix.

Just this week, SC Republican Senator Lindsey Graham tweeted that “…South Carolina’s @NikkiHaley will be competitive in the race for the presidency…”