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Former South Carolina governor and United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, a Republican, has lost the first four presidential primary contests, but has vowed to stay in the race for the foreseeable future. Haley seems to be counting on support from her home state of South Carolina to put her in a more competitive position against former President Donald J. Trump. Political Science gives Haley a good reason to bank on doing well in South Carolina. For one thing, a candidate has naturally higher name recognition in their home state after having built a career and reputation there. Voters have gotten to know them and their record of achievement, and the candidate knows the culture of the state and its political pressure points. Shared ties in a state are also a meaningful identity that strengthens connections with voters based on trust. Being an out-of-towner, on the other hand, can make you seem out-of-touch. Just ask Dr. Oz, whose many gaffes during his 2022 campaign for the U....

A Trump-friendly change to Michigan’s primary process was backed by the national Republican Party, a Michigan GOP official says. ABC News Photo Illustration / Alex Gilbeaux The Republican National Committee had some level of involvement in a plan to implement a change to the nomination process that critics argue benefits former President Donald Trump, Michigan’s Republican Party chair tells ABC News. Michigan Republican Party officials voted behind closed doors Saturday evening to pass a "resolution of intent" that would dole out just 16 of Michigan’s 55 delegates on primary election night, with the remaining 39 delegates chosen through caucuses four days later, according to a draft of the proposal reviewed by ABC News -- a process that could benefit Trump by limiting selection of the lion’s share of delegates to an especially involved group of caucus-goers that is expected to be friendly to the former president. State party Chair Kristina Karamo, who secured Trump’s backing ...

Will Hurd is running for president, he said on "CBS Mornings" on Thursday, joining a crowded field vying for the Republican primary nomination, including Trump Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd is running for president , he said Thursday, joining a field of more than a dozen candidates who are vying for the Republican primary nomination . "We live in complicated times and we need common sense," Hurd said on "CBS Mornings," pointing to what he called "generational, defining challenges" such as China's rising global influence and the economic drag from inflation. "To be frank, I'm pissed that we're not talking about these things. I'm pissed that our elected officials are telling us to hate our neighbors," he said. "I believe the Republican Party can be the party that talks about the future, not the past. We should be putting out a vision of how do we have unprecedented peace, how do we have a thriving economy?" he ...

Steve Scalise, who served as House majority leader, has received the GOP conference's nomination to run for speaker on the full House floor. House Republicans voted 113-99 Wednesday to nominate Majority Leader Steve Scalise for speaker of the House, defeating Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan. The vote was conducted by secret ballot, with 113 members voting for Scalise, 99 for Jordan, eight for others and three voting present. But ABC News has been told there will likely not be a vote for speaker on Wednesday due to Scalise's struggles to nab the 217 votes he will need to become speaker when the full House votes, per sources. Scalise thanked his colleagues for designating him as the next speaker. "I want to thank my House Republican colleagues for just designating me as the speaker . Obviously, we still have work to do, we're going to have to go upstairs on the House floor and resolve this and then get the House opened again," Scalise said. Scalise did not...

From ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl's upcoming book. As Republicans attempt to once again elect a speaker of the House, Donald Trump is putting himself right in the middle of the process -- endorsing Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and suggesting he'd be open to taking the job himself on a temporary basis. In reporting for my upcoming book, "Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party," I learned that Trump had secretly plotted to be elected speaker back in January, when he was publicly supporting Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who was struggling to get the votes he needed. The idea of Donald Trump serving as speaker was first proposed on the day he left the White House -- Jan. 20, 2021 -- by a pro-Trump activist named Rogan O'Handley, who went by the name "@DC_Draino" on social media. The idea was soon aggressively pushed by Steve Bannon, Trump's former chief strategist in the White House. At first Trump had no intere...