AP Spotlight What to expect in Saturday’s South Carolina Republican presidential primary ROBERT YOON Associated Press Feb 23, 2024 Feb 23, 2024 Updated Aug 28, 2024 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — Donald Trump and Nikki Haley will face off Saturday in South Carolina’s first-in-the-South Republican presidential primary, the first head-to-head matchup for the last two remaining major candidates since the New Hampshire primary a month ago.kAm%96 4@?E6DE E2<6D A=246 @? w2=6J’D 9@>6 EFC7] $96 H2D $@FE9 r2C@=:?2VD 8@G6C?@C 7@C D:I J62CD 367@C6 DE6AA:?8 5@H? :? a_`f E@ D6CG6 2D &]}] 2>32DD25@C H96? %CF>A H2D 6=64E65 AC6D:56?E] s6DA:E6 96C 9:DE@CJ[ w2=6J 7246D DEC@?8 9625H:?5D :? 2 DE2E6 H96C6 %CF>A 92D E96 DFAA@CE @7 >@DE @7 E96 A2CEJ 6DE23=:D9>6?E[ 92D 96=5 2 DF3DE2?E:2= =625 :? 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