South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley Endorsing Marco Rubio

And Rubio, a Florida senator, has been nipping at Cruz’s heels in South Carolina – Wednesday he got the coveted endorsement of the state’s Gov. Nikki Haley.

With just days left until the South Carolina Republican primary, many campaigns have taken a negative turn, accusing each other of “dirty politics”.

Haley said just Tuesday that, despite the “nonstop” phone calls seeking her backing, she was still trying to decide and may not endorse this cycle.

Haley’s decision was a bit of a reversal in the past day.

“The sound you’re hearing is the sound of screams coming from Washington, D.C.”, Cruz told supporters at a rally in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on Wednesday afternoon.

She endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential race.

The retired neurosurgeon was also asked whether he would consider serving as the USA surgeon general or in a similar position if he loses his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. She also delivered the GOP response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address earlier this year, in which she took aim at Trump. Rubio laughed at the time.

The Florida senator needs momentum in SC after finishing fifth in New Hampshire after a rattled debate performance.

The two-term Republican governor of SC is considered to be a highly popular Republican leader in the country and a potential vice presidential pick.

Rubio has had success wooing financial support in the state.

Clinton spent all of Tuesday in New York City focused on solidifying the African-American support her family has long enjoyed and that her campaign is counting on to act as a firewall against the surprisingly insurgent campaign of Vermont Sen.

Haley has been battling with Trump.

The Texas senator, a constitutional lawyer who has argued before the supreme court, said that the end result of a lawsuit from Trump over the ad would be “Donald Trump and any lawyer that signs his names to the pleadings being sanctioned for frivolous litigation”. Haley has protested both issues to federal officials.

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas bolted to the front of the pack in the NBC News/Wall Street Journal national poll with 28 percent, followed by Mr. Trump at 26 percent, Sen.

SIXTEEN years ago, SC saved George W. Bush’s presidential aspiration, and on Monday, he made a triumphant return to the political stage here, hoping to convince Republicans to work the same magic for his brother, Jeb.

But Bush is lagging in SC. He is trailed by Cruz at 21%, Rubio at 16%, Kasich at 9%, Carson at 6% and Bush at 5%, according to an average of four national polls on the race conducted between February 10 and February 16.