The campaign’s release came within hours of a report that Americans For Prosperity Action was suspending its financial support of Nikki Haley’s run.
Nikki Haley’s campaign says it raised $1 million in the 24 hours following her loss in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary.
On Feb. 25, the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations’ principal campaign committee, Nikki Haley For President Inc., issued a press release claiming it brought in more than $1 million “from grassroots supporters alone.”
“Millions of Americans want a better choice in this election,” spokeswoman AnnMarie Graham-Barnes said in the release. “Nikki is moving full speed ahead toward Super Tuesday, where voters will have the opportunity to vote for her promise of American strength and an end to chaos.”
Over the weekend, Ms. Haley lost another primary contest to former President Donald Trump. According to the official results published by the South Carolina Election Commission, President Trump took about 60 percent of the vote, while Ms. Haley took about 40 percent.
Ms. Haley’s finish was closer than preelection polling suggested. Those polls said the former governor of South Carolina would lose by at least 30 percent.
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“Given the challenges in the primary states ahead, we don’t believe any outside group can make a material difference to widen her path to victory,” Emily Seidel, a senior advisor for AFP Action, said in a staff memo.
The AFP Action memo said the group will continue to endorse Ms. Haley’s run.
“If Donald Trump is at the top of the Republican ticket, the risk of one-party rule by a Democratic Party captured by the Progressive Left is severe and would do irreparable damage to the country,” Ms. Seidel said. “The last three election cycles have painted a very clear picture of what we can expect from voters who consistently rejected Donald Trump and his impact on the Republican party brand.”
It is unclear how much actual financial support AFP Action gave to the campaign. The groups have not directly contributed anything to Ms. Haley’s various federally regulated political action committees. In a Feb. 25 X post, AdImpact, a data monitoring firm, said AFP Action spent about $7.8 million on Ms. Haley since the end of November.
In a Feb. 26 post on his Truth Social account, President Trump interpreted the news as AFP saying, “Haley has no chance to win.”
Money Still Flowing
The latest round of disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission show Ms. Haley is still gathering a sizable amount of contributions from wealthy donors who boosted her at the end of 2023. According to the incomplete picture presented by the Feb. 20 disclosures, reflecting January’s activities, Ms. Haley raised more in the first month of 2024.
The portion of Ms. Haley’s financial network that reported their January results said they collected total receipts of about $23.6 million. Those that reported for President Trump in the same period said they raised about $21.2 million.
In spite of repeated losses at the ballot box, Ms. Haley is vowing to continue at least through so-called Super Tuesday on March 5, when 15 states will hold their presidential primaries. Before then, Michigan will hold a primary on Feb. 27 followed by a state GOP convention on March 2 to award the remaining Republican delegates, and Idaho and Missouri will hold caucuses on March 2.
That poll surveyed 1,000 registered voters in Michigan and reported a 3 percent margin of error.
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