Nikki Haley Makes 2028 Announcement

“I will not,” Haley responded when asked if she would launch another presidential run.

Watch below:

HALEY ON 2028: "I think we'll be having a different conversation a year from now. Who's gonna be in that? I have no idea."
BASH: "Will you?"
HALEY: "I will not." pic.twitter.com/YzZAn4M0EP

— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) April 12, 2026

The Hill has more:

Haley, a former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, ran for president in 2024 before dropping out and endorsing President Trump. She won only one primary and lost to Trump in her home state.

Possible GOP contenders have begun to jockey to succeed Trump in 2028 in recent months. Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have emerged as potential front-runners.

Trump has declined to endorse a potential successor but has indicated there’s a “good bench” of possible Republican candidates.

“We certainly have a good bench. We have some very talented people,” he told NewsNation in January, adding that he does have early favorites.

Vance topped the list of possible candidates among attendees at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this spring. He earned about 53 percent support in a straw poll.

Haley, however, declined to conjecture on who could succeed Trump.

A recent Yale Youth Poll showed Vance as the overwhelming favorite in the 2028 GOP presidential primary.

“In the 2028 Republican primary, JD Vance leads the field with 43% of the vote, followed by Marco Rubio at 17%. Compared to the fall 2025 poll, support for Vance dropped by 8 percentage points while support for Rubio increased by 12 percentage points,” Yale Youth Poll stated.

“Once again, about half of Republicans (47%) say they would vote for Donald Trump in the GOP primary if he ran for an unconstitutional third term,” it continued.

NEW: JD Vance is the overwhelming favorite to win the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in 2028, per Yale Youth Poll.

Vance: 43%
Rubio: 17%
Trump Jr.: 9%
DeSantis: 6% pic.twitter.com/yaZYipJaeK

— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) April 13, 2026

Yale Youth Poll shared further:

Further down the field, Donald Trump Jr. receives 9% support, and Florida governor Ron DeSantis receives 6%. Vance is most popular with Republicans who self-identify as extremely conservative, with 62% of these voters supporting his potential candidacy while only 29% of self-described moderates back him. Notably, Republicans aged 18-22 were most likely to write in another candidate not on the given list (24%), compared to just 2% of Republicans ages 65 years and older who did so.

Despite his constitutional ineligibility for a third term, President Trump receives 47% support when included on a list of potential candidates for the 2028 Republican nomination. In this scenario, support for JD Vance and Marco Rubio drops to 18% and 8%, respectively. Republicans ages 18 to 22 were much less likely to back Trump, with only 22% supporting him compared to 47% overall.

Republicans view Vance as their most electable candidate in 2028 by a wide margin: Republicans chose him 83% of the time as more likely to win a general election against a Democrat, compared to 76% for Rubio and 74% for DeSantis. This dominance is larger among older Republicans than among younger ones (77% among 18-34s compared to 83% overall). Note that President Trump was not included in this question.

Several candidates show meaningful generational splits in perceived electability. South Carolina Senator Tim Scott has the largest youth penalty, chosen 54% of the time by Republicans overall but only 32% of the time among Republicans aged 18-34. In contrast, Texas governor Greg Abbott substantially outperforms his overall score among younger Republicans (66% among 18-34s vs. 49% overall), as do Tucker Carlson (47% vs. 36%), Steve Bannon (51% vs. 36%), and Kristi Noem (34% vs. 20%).