OAN Staff Lillian Mann
8:43 PM – Monday, April 13, 2026
Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has revealed that she will not run in the 2028 presidential election.
While on CNN‘s “State of the Union” on Sunday, Haley (R-S.C.) was asked if she would enter the 2028 presidential race, replying, “I will not.”
Haley, who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President Donald Trump during his first administration, previously ran for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination before suspending her campaign and endorsing Trump.
Haley was also asked during the interview if Vice President JD Vance should be the party’s 2028 nominee, however she declined to answer.
“I think it’s too soon to tell. I think that primaries are healthy,” Haley said. “I think a year is a lifetime in politics. I think we will be having a different conversation a year from now. Who’s going to be in that? I have no idea.”
Vance is widely considered to be the potential front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. However, Rubio ruled out a presidential run in 2028 should Vance seek the nomination, effectively deferring the decision to the vice president.
“If JD Vance runs for president, he’s going to be our nominee, and I’ll be one of the first people to support him,” the secretary of state said in a Vanity Fair interview published in December.
The vice president emerged as a leading contender of possible candidates among attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) earlier this year, securing exactly 53% of the vote among the nearly 1,600 attendees who participated in a straw poll.
The president has declined to endorse a potential successor, however, he said he believes there is a “good bench” of possible Republican candidates. Donald Trump added that “we have some very talented people.”
Meanwhile, Democrat contenders are also taking shape as Former Vice President Kamala Harris has stated she “might” enter the 2028 presidential race.
Among the other Democrat aspirants are Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.), Governor Josh Shapiro (D-Penn.), Governor Wes Moore (D-Md.), and Senator Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.).
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