Despite back-to-back losses to former President Donald Trump, Nikki Haley will press on to her home state of South Carolina in pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination and has scheduled almost a dozen fundraisers between now and Feb 24.
First up, New York City where billionaires Stanley Druckenmiller, Henry Kravis, Ken Langone and Cliff Asness are reportedly set to meet with Haley on Jan 30, according to Bloomberg.
A donor speaking on the condition of anonymity told Bloomberg that the event is only the first part of a fundraising push for Haley in between the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries.
The same source told Bloomberg that Haley will then venture to Florida, California, and Texas the first two weeks of February to meet with other deep-pocket centrist conservatives.
Many see Haley's efforts as more of vanity project as this stage. Prior to her loss in Iowa to Trump, she was already down 30 points to Trump in South Carolina. Despite being born in South Carolina and a popular two-term governor from 2011 to 2017, she faces a steep climb to pause the Trump momentum.
In the wake of her New Hampshire loss Tuesday, billionaire LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman has decided to cease any further Haley donations.
South Carolina is an open primary, so anyone from either party can vote so long as they are registered and have not already voted in another primary.
Mark Harris, chief strategist for the super PAC supporting the former U.N. Ambassador sees this as a window of opportunity.
"It will not be politicians," Harris said. "It won't be party insiders. It won't be campaign officials. It will be voters. Voters get to make this decision. That's the beauty of American democracy."
It isn't just Haley that Trump is leading, according to the latest poll from Cygnal, President Joe Biden is trailing Trump in 39 key swing congressional districts.
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