Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley will host a rally Tuesday in metro Denver as she looks to garner support for her campaign in the GOP primary against Donald Trump.
Haley’s campaign confirmed in an email that she will attend the event, which starts at 1:30 p.m. at the Wings over the Rockies Exploration of Flight campus at Centennial Airport, 13005 Wings Way, in the south suburbs.
The 52-year-old former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador in the Trump administration said this week that she plans to stay in the primary against the former president, even as other major candidates have dropped out and she hasn’t won a primary contest yet.
She will do so, she said, even if she doesn’t win in her home state when South Carolina holds its Republican primary Saturday.
Haley’s visit will be the first major public event by a presidential candidate during the primaries. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, visited Pueblo in late November for an event promoting his record; he also attended a private fundraiser in Cherry Hills Village, south of Denver.
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Colorado’s primary election is March 5, and mail-in ballots have already gone out.
“You have a choice,” the Haley campaign’s email to supporters reads. “Do you want four more years of the chaos and drama of the past or do you want to move forward with a new generation of conservative leadership? Don’t miss this opportunity to hear directly from Nikki about her plan to make America strong and proud before you vote on March 5!”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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