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Republican Presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks to New Hampshire voters at Mary Ann’s Diner in Derry on Sunday morning. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)

DeSantis drops out just days before New Hampshire primary

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Sunday he was suspending his presidential campaign, leaving two major candidates in the Republican race — former president Donald Trump, who will hold his third rally in New Hampshire in as many days, and former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley — ahead of Tuesday’s primary.

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In announcing the end of his presidential campaign, DeSantis said Trump had his endorsement “because we can’t go back to the old Republican guard of yesteryear.”
Haley questioned Trump’s mental fitness, seizing on a flub at a rally in which Trump repeatedly called Nancy Pelosi by Haley’s name when attacking the former House speaker.
New Hampshire is the second state on the Republican electoral calendar. Next, the Nevada GOP will hold caucuses Feb. 8, and South Carolina’s primary will be Feb. 24.
Track the 2024 Republican delegate count here.
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In announcing the end of his presidential campaign, DeSantis said Trump had his endorsement “because we can’t go back to the old Republican guard of yesteryear.”
Haley questioned Trump’s mental fitness, seizing on a flub at a rally in which Trump repeatedly called Nancy Pelosi by Haley’s name when attacking the former House speaker.
New Hampshire is the second state on the Republican electoral calendar. Next, the Nevada GOP will hold caucuses Feb. 8, and South Carolina’s primary will be Feb. 24.
Track the 2024 Republican delegate count here.
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