The trip by Haley – a former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under then-President Donald Trump, who is considered a potential 2024 GOP presidential hopeful – will spark more speculation about her likely national ambitions in the next White House race.
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Funds raised at the June dinner will help Iowa Republicans running in the 2022 midterm elections, when the state could have high-profile and competitive races for the Senate, House and governor.
“I am thrilled that Ambassador Haley accepted our invitation,” Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Jeff Kaufmann said in a statement to Fox News. “Getting Iowans fired up to take back the Senate and the House in 2022 is our number one priority right now and we are proud to have Ambassador Haley in this fight with us. What we see coming from the Democrat Party is all about consolidating power, and it’s going to take a grassroots movement to defeat them.”
The trip to Iowa, which for a half century has kicked off the presidential caucus and primary calendar, is Haley’s first since last October, when she was in the state to campaign with fellow Republicans running in the 2020 elections. Haley also campaigned last autumn with Republican candidates in New Hampshire, the state that votes second in the presidential nominating calendar and for a century’s held the first primary in the White House race.
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