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Donald Trump has picked up another endorsement from Nikki Haley's home state of South Carolina, with Rep. Nancy Mace backing the former president in this year's GOP presidential primary. Mace had stayed out of the 2024 Republican primary as two fellow South Carolinians — former Gov. Over the weekend, Trump was joined by a slew of South Carolina leaders as he campaigned in New Hampshire, seen as yet another blow from South Carolina against Haley. Just two years ago, Mace and Haley were aligned in a congressional primary that tested Trump's heft in South Carolina, where his own 2016 presidential primary win helped cement his nomination. During a pre-primary rally in South Carolina, Trump called Mace "crazy" and "a terrible person."
Persons: Nancy Mace, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley's, Mace, Carolinians, Haley, Sen, Tim Scott —, Trump, I've, Ron DeSantis, Russell Fry, Joe Wilson, William Timmons, Ralph Norman, Jeff Duncan, he's, Mace —, , Democrat Joe Biden, Katie Arrington, Donald Trump's Organizations: Biden, Capitol Visitor Center, GOP, New, Associated Press, Trump, Carolina Republican's, Republican, Haley, Florida Gov, Trump . New, Republican U.S, House, U.S . Capitol, Democrat, SMART America First Republican Patriots, Republicans Locations: South Carolina, New Hampshire, Carolina, Iowa, Florida, Trump ., Trump . New Hampshire, America
Making banks safer would seem like an easy thing for Americans to agree on, especially after the wipeouts of the global financial crisis in 2007-09, followed by the failure last year of three big ones: Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank. A wide-ranging lobbying campaign by the nation’s biggest banks and their allies seems to be succeeding in beating back a proposal put forward last year by three federal agencies (the Federal Reserve, the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.) to require shareholders of big banks to put more of their own skin in the game — so that if things go bad the banks won’t have to drastically cut lending or turn to taxpayers for a bailout. “Candidly, my expectation is that there’s going to be a fairly significant softening of the capital proposal,” Keegan Ferguson, a director on the financial services team of Capstone, an advisory firm, told me. The backsliding appalls a lot of economists, among them Anat Admati, a professor of finance and economics at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Admati is a co-author with Martin Hellwig, a German economist, of a 2013 book on pretty much exactly this topic, “The Bankers’ New Clothes: What’s Wrong With Banking and What to Do About It.” (An updated edition of the book just came out.)
Persons: , ” Keegan Ferguson, Anat Admati, Martin Hellwig Organizations: Valley Bank, Signature Bank, First Republic Bank, Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Capstone, Stanford’s Graduate School of Business Locations: German
The bank's board increased CEO Jamie Dimon's pay by 4% to $36 million. So it's probably not surprising that its longtime CEO, Jamie Dimon, is getting a raise from the bank's board, a 4% bump, to $36 million, for 2023. The bank disclosed Dimon's compensation in a securities filing on Thursday. His pay consists of an annual base salary of $1.5 million, $5 million in cash, and $29.5 million in performance share units, according to the filing. Dimon's compensation was $34.5 million for both 2022 and 2021.
Persons: JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon's, , it's, Jamie Dimon, Mike Mayo, Dimon Organizations: JPMorgan, Service, JPMorgan Chase, First, CNBC Locations: First Republic, Wells Fargo, Wall
Trump Dominates Iowa GOP Presidential Caucuses, DeSantis Places SecondFormer President Donald Trump won the Iowa caucuses Monday night with the largest margin in the history of the first Republican presidential nominating contest. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis finished in a distant second place. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Associated Press
Persons: Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Andrew Harnik Organizations: Trump, Iowa, Florida Gov, Associated Locations: Iowa
Donald Trump Poised to Win Iowa Caucuses
  + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( John Mccormick | Alex Leary | Eliza Collins | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa—Donald Trump was expected to win the Iowa caucuses Monday night by the largest margin in the history of the first Republican presidential nominating contest, cementing an early victory in his defiant bid to return to the White House. The anticipated dominance of the former president in Iowa, based on recent polls, heightened the importance of second place. Nikki Haley appeared to have a chance to beat Ron DeSantis in a close race for that spot, a prize that would fuel her quest to become the only Trump alternative and a long-shot challenger to the front-runner.
Persons: Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis Organizations: DES, Trump Locations: DES MOINES, Iowa
After an anemic showing in the Iowa caucuses, long-shot GOP presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson abandoned his bid for the presidential nomination Tuesday, saying he was “driving back to Arkansas” and suspending his campaign. And he angered GOP primary voters with his criticism of Trump. "Asa Hutchinson would have been a relevant and potentially competitive presidential candidate in the pre-MAGA era. In mid-November, Hutchinson crowed about making the Michigan GOP primary ballot, suggesting he was in it for the long haul. Hutchinson was one of the most outspoken GOP critics of Trump.
Persons: Asa Hutchinson, ” Hutchinson, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, DeSantis, Haley, Hutchinson, , Bill Clinton, Trump, MAGA, David Cohen, Hutchinson's, Cohen, Ryan Binkley, Mike Pence, Rob Burgess, Chris Christie, who’s, , Organizations: Hawkeye State, Republican, Trump , Florida Gov, South Carolina Gov, Florida, Trump, Department of Homeland Security, Drug, Republican Party, GOP, University of Akron, Des, Register, NBC, Suffolk University, Boston Globe, USA, Michigan GOP, New, New Jersey Gov, Florida Republican, Summit Locations: Iowa, Arkansas, Hawkeye, Trump , Florida, New Hampshire, Congress, U.S, Michigan, Miami, New Jersey, Kissimmee
Vivek Ramaswamy ends presidential campaign
  + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Aaron Pellish | Kaitlan Collins | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +11 min
CNN —Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy ended his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination Monday night after a disappointing finish in the Iowa caucuses. From Vivek Ramaswamy 2024 Presidential Campaign Ramaswamy appears in a sixth-grade musical performance at his school in Sharonville, Ohio, in 1997. From Vivek Ramaswamy 2024 Presidential Campaign Ramaswamy speaks at the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Philadelphia in 2015. Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post/Getty Images Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley participate in the first Republican presidential debate in August 2023. Win McNamee/Getty Images Ramaswamy talks to members of the media after the first Republican presidential debate.
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When JPMorgan Chase bought First Republic Bank in May, all eyes were on its CEO, Jamie Dimon. Here’s how the executive’s strategy for managing risk propelled him to the top of the banking world. Photo illustration: John McColganAmerican consumers and businesses remained on surprisingly solid financial footing last year, propelling earnings for the biggest banks yet again. JPMorgan Chase said it made $50 billion in 2023, a record, as many firms reported fourth-quarter and full-year results Friday. JPMorgan, Bank of America , Wells Fargo and Citigroup together earned $104 billion in 2023, up 11% from a year earlier.
Persons: JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, John Organizations: JPMorgan, First Republic Bank, Bank of America, Citigroup Locations: Wells Fargo
JPMorgan Chase said Friday that fourth-quarter profit declined after paying a $2.9 billion fee tied to the government seizures of failed regional banks last year. The bank said quarterly earnings slipped 15% to $9.31 billion, or $3.04 per share, from a year earlier. Excluding the fee tied to the regional banking crisis and $743 million in investment losses, earnings would have been $3.97 per share, according to JPMorgan. The bank said it generated nearly $50 billion of profit in 2023, $4.1 billion of which came from First Republic. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation hit large U.S. banks with a special assessment to replenish losses from a fund that helped uninsured depositors of seized regional banks.
Persons: JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, Dimon Organizations: JPMorgan, LSEG, Revenue, First, First Republic, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Reserve, Fed, KBW, CNBC PRO Locations: U.S, First Republic, Ukraine
Friday UnitedHealth is set to report earnings before the bell, with a conference call scheduled for 8:45 a.m. JPMorgan Chase is set to report earnings before the market opens. Management has said it will disclose severance costs and job cuts along with fourth quarter earnings." Delta Air Lines is set to report earnings before the bell, followed by a call at 10 a.m. What history shows: Bank of America beats earnings estimates 79% of the time, per Bespoke.
Persons: Wells, John Butters, Butters, UNH, UnitedHealth, CVS, JPMorgan Chase, Hugh Son, Jane, DAL, Leslie Josephs Organizations: JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, Delta Airlines, CNBC, LSEG, JPMorgan, First, Management, Delta Air Lines, CNBC CNBC, Delta Locations: Wells Fargo
Big bank CEOs will likely convey deposits and earnings are stable to lawmakers on Wednesday, according to a major financial services executive. Thomas Michaud, CEO of Stifel company Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, thinks the hearing before the Senate Banking Committee will successfully provide assurance to Washington and Wall Street. "The targeted approach to change deposit insurance to reduce the 'too big to fail' thinking, so depositors don't run like that. He thinks action is needed to keep mid-sized banks competitive with the big banks — starting with lifting Federal Deposit Insurance Corp coverage limits for small businesses. "If deposit insurance reform in my opinion doesn't happen, there's going to be tremendous pressure on those [mid-size] banks to consolidate," Michaud said.
Persons: Thomas Michaud, Keefe, Jamie Dimon, Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, " Michaud, He's, Michaud Organizations: Wall, . Banking, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, First, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Locations: Washington, Silicon, First Republic
It has been predominantly used by life insurers, because they need to boost their investment returns with cheap funding to meet long-term liabilities. They provide the cheap funding to banks and insurers in exchange for collateral to ensure they get their money back. Insurers are entitled to tap FHLB funding. Insurers’ borrowing from FHLBs picked up in 2008 financial crisis, as those that spread themselves thin with aggressive investments scrambled for cash. They did not explain why insurers need FHLB funding to invest in mortgages.
Persons: Sarah Silbiger, Ryan Donovan, CMBS, Lawrence White, White, Graphics JUICING, Cynthia Beaulieu, Cornelius Hurley, Hurley, FHLBs, , Michael Ericson, Jack Dolan, Koh Qui, Greg Roumeliotis, Anna Driver Organizations: REUTERS, Loan, Federal Housing Finance Agency, of Federal Home Loan, FHLBs, FHLB, National Association of Insurance, New York University, MetLife Inc, Equitable Holdings Inc, Corebridge, Brighthouse Financial, MetLife, TIAA, Equitable, Graphics, Wellington Management, Boston University School of Law, Coalition, Silicon Valley Bank, First, American, of, Insurance Coalition, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, U.S, Boston, Silicon, First Republic, Chicago, New York
CNN —Donald Trump is underscoring the profound choice that voters could face next year with expansive claims of unchecked presidential power alongside increasingly unapologetic anti-democratic rhetoric. This has huge consequences not simply for the courtroom accounting that is yet to take place over his first turbulent term. If the twice-impeached former president wins the Republican nomination and the presidency, it is already clear that a second term would risk destroying the principle that presidents do not hold monarchial power. “Joe Biden is not the defender of American democracy,” Trump said during a campaign stop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday. And if he succeeds in 2024, his legal arguments will have been a warning of a second term that he envisions with almost no guardrails.
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Kristin Davison, the chief executive officer of the Never Back Down super PAC, and Erin Perrine, the communications director, have parted ways with the group, said the sources, who requested anonymity to discuss personnel matters. In a statement, Never Back Down spokesperson Jess Szymanski said long-time DeSantis ally Scott Wagner would now take over as CEO. As a super PAC, NBD can receive donations of unlimited size, but cannot coordinate with the campaign directly. DeSantis allies recently formed a new Super PAC, dubbed Fight Right, which is focusing on attacks against former U.S. Both DeSantis and Haley trail former President Donald Trump in the race for the Republican presidential nomination by over 40 points in most national polls.
Persons: Ron DeSantis, Vincent Alban, Kristin Davison, Erin Perrine, Davison, Jess Szymanski, Scott Wagner, Semafor, NBD, Nikki Haley, DeSantis, Haley, Donald Trump, Perrine, Gram Slattery, Chizu Organizations: Republican, Florida, REUTERS, Rights, Politico, Super PAC, U.S, Thomson Locations: Newton , Iowa, U.S, Florida, NBD
Ron DeSantis' campaign is announcing the completion of a longtime campaign pledge Saturday: touring all of Iowa's 99 counties, a milestone for a campaign that has devoted significant resources to the first-in-the-nation contest. On paper, DeSantis has made significant strides in running a traditionally successful Iowa campaign, racking up influential endorsements and dedicating significant time, personnel and financial resources to the state. And while the DeSantis campaign, with significant super PAC help, has stayed focused on Iowa, it remains unclear just what the traditional Iowa playbook counts for in this unusual modern campaign against Trump. "Winning an Iowa caucus requires a strong combination of outworking and out-organizing the competition and that's been the Ron DeSantis model. Inside the sprint to the caucusesStill, the DeSantis playbook in Iowa hardly stops at the "Full Grassley."
Persons: Ron DeSantis, Scott Olson, Sen, Chuck Grassley, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, DeSantis, haven't, Biden, Sparks, Newsom, Trump, Former Pennsylvania Sen, Rick Santorum, Texas Sen, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Ryan Binkley, Red Oak, Iowa Sen, Joni Ernst, , Grassley, Andrew Romeo, that's, Kim Reynolds, Bob Vander Plaats, Reynolds, Vander, Iowans, Haley, Joe Biden, She's, Olivia Perez, David Hansen, Hansen, Tim Scott Organizations: Florida, Machine, Getty, Florida Gov, United Nations, Iowa, NBC, White, Trump, Presidential, Former Pennsylvania, Republican, NBC News, Des Moines Register, Prosperity, Waterloo Locations: Davenport , Iowa, Newton , Iowa, Florida, Arizona, Iowa, Former, Texas, Iowa's, Wright, Des Moines, Red, New Hampshire, Iowa , New Hampshire, South Carolina, Ron DeSantis ' Iowa, Midwest, Plainfield
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the third Republican candidates' U.S. presidential debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 8, 2023. Laxalt's resignation is significant because Never Back Down has been playing an unusually prominent role in DeSantis' campaign. Laxalt did not immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did DeSantis' campaign. Both DeSantis and Haley are more than 40 points behind former President Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner in most national polls. The Iowa Republican caucuses on Jan. 15 will kick off the presidential nominating contests.
Persons: Ron DeSantis, Adrienne Arsht, Mike Segar, Adam Laxalt, Chris Jankowski, Laxalt's, DeSantis, Laxalt, Nikki Haley, Haley, Donald Trump, Gram Slattery, Alexandra Ulmer, Ross Colvin, Leslie Adler Organizations: Republican, U.S, NBC News, Adrienne, Adrienne Arsht Center, Performing Arts, REUTERS, Rights, PAC, The New York Times, The Times, UN, South, Iowa Republican, Thomson Locations: Florida, Miami , Florida, U.S, South Carolina
This year’s DealBook Summit will include conversations with global leaders and powerful figures from Wall Street, Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Jamie Dimon has been the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase since 2006 and its chairman since 2007, making him one of Wall Street’s longest-serving banking leaders. Bob Iger returned as Disney’s chief executive last year, after stepping down from the role in 2020. David Zaslav orchestrated Discovery’s takeover of WarnerMedia and became the chief executive of the new company, Warner Bros. The transaction helped transform his modest cable television company into an empire that includes the Warner Bros. movie and TV studios, HBO and CNN.
Persons: Andrew Ross Sorkin, Kamala Harris, Ms, Harris, Biden’s, Tsai Ing, Tsai, Elon Musk, Musk, Jamie Dimon, Jensen Huang, chipmaker, Bob Iger, Long, Iger, Lina Khan, Khan, , David Zaslav, Jay Monahan, LIV Golf, Monahan, Kevin McCarthy, Mr, McCarthy, Shonda Rhimes, Rhimes Organizations: Wall, Israel, Elon, SpaceX, JPMorgan Chase, First, Nvidia, Fox, Marvel, Pixar, Hollywood, ESPN, Federal Trade Commission, Columbia Law, WarnerMedia, Warner Bros, HBO, CNN, Republican, Republican Party, Shondaland, Netflix Locations: Silicon Valley, Hollywood, United States, California, San Francisco, Gaza, Taiwan, China, First Republic, Saudi
The political network founded by the billionaire industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch has endorsed Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential nominating contest, giving her organizational muscle and financial heft as she battles Gov. The commitment by the network, Americans for Prosperity Action, bolsters Ms. Haley as the campaign enters the final seven weeks before the Iowa caucuses. Since the first Republican primary debate, Ms. Haley has steadily climbed in polls, even as Mr. DeSantis has slipped. Mr. Trump remains the dominant front-runner in the race. Nikki Haley is that leader.”
Persons: Charles, David Koch, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Donald J, Trump, Ms, Haley, DeSantis, Donald Trump, , Emily Seidel Organizations: Prosperity Locations: Florida, Iowa
Regional lender Citizens Financial Group opened a new private bank for wealthy customers last month. Its inspiration: First Republic Bank , which collapsed earlier this year in the second-largest bank failure in history. Citizens, based in Providence, R.I., is spending tens of millions of dollars hiring former First Republic staffers. It hopes the strategy will help it crack a market it has long coveted. Executives say they plan to copy only the good parts of First Republic, such as its beloved customer service.
Organizations: Financial Group, First Republic Bank, Republic, Executives, First Locations: Providence, R.I, First Republic
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The historic South Carolina city of Charleston has elected its first Republican mayor since the Reconstruction Era. William Cogswell, formerly a Republican state lawmaker, defeated incumbent Democratic Mayor John Tecklenburg by about 2 percentage points in Tuesday's runoff, according to the South Carolina Election Commission. Political Cartoons View All 1262 ImagesCharleston last elected a Republican mayor in the 1870s, according to historical records from the city and other municipal areas. “We can confidently say that I’m going to be the next mayor,” Cogswell said Tuesday night, as final results came in. "When Mayor Cogswell succeeds, Charleston succeeds, and that's something we're all in favor of.”The City of Charleston has become the second reliably blue area in South Carolina — where Republicans dominate congressional and statewide politics — to choose a Republican mayor in recent years.
Persons: William Cogswell, John Tecklenburg, Cogswell, Tecklenburg, Joe Biden, Sen Tim Scott, Drew McKissick, Russell Fry, ” Cogswell, Teckleburg, , , , Daniel Rickenmann, ___ Meg Kinnard Organizations: COLUMBIA, Republican, Democratic, South, GOP, Charleston, U.S . Rep, Republicans Locations: South Carolina, Charleston, Tuesday's, Charleston's, South, City, South Carolina —, South Carolina’s, Columbia
CNN —GOP presidential hopeful Chris Christie promised on Sunday to tell Americans of the devastation he saw in Israel after becoming the first Republican presidential candidate to visit the country following the October 7 Hamas attacks. Christie said people play on “confusion and misinformation” around events like this, and that he would go back to the US and share “exactly” what he saw in foreign policy speech scheduled for Wednesday. Christie told CNN that he and Israeli President Isaac Herzog discussed the state of the war and the US’ involvement, as well as the hostage situation during a meeting in Jerusalem. Christie also addressed growing calls for a ceasefire in Gaza that have stoked political tensions around the globe as the Palestinian death toll rises. He said his message to protesters is “come to Israel and see it for yourself,” as he stood in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, where nearly every home was impacted in the attack.
Persons: Chris Christie, Christie, you’re, , CNN’s Omar Jimenez, Volodymyr Zelensky, Isaac Herzog, Benjamin Netanyahu, , Antony Blinken Organizations: CNN, Republican, Israel Defense Forces, Congress, Palestinian Authority, Locations: Israel, Gaza, Kyiv, Ukraine, China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Jerusalem, Kfar Aza
US banks are sitting on an estimated $650 billion in unrealized losses on their bond holdings. Here's why banks have flexibility in making sure that their $650 billion balance sheet bomb is defused. The bond crash culminated in an estimated $650 billion in unrealized losses held by banks, according to Moody's. How banks can defuse their balance sheet bombDespite the massive unrealized losses, banks are looking at three scenarios that could help ensure losses aren't realized. First, banks could simply hold onto their low-yielding debt until it matures and not realize any losses at all.
Persons: , aren't, Louis Navellier, Geetu Sharma, Sharma, Banks Organizations: Service, Fed, Silicon Valley Bank, First Republic Bank, Signature Bank, Consumers, of America, Treasury, Federal Reserve, Banks, P Bank, P Regional Bank ETF
But a City Council race on Tuesday managed to bring uncommon suspense. By Wednesday the contest had been called in favor of an X-ray technician who became the first Republican to win public office in the Bronx in nearly 20 years, a place where Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than 10 to 1. With the support of Ms. Velázquez, the plan moved forward to unanimous approval by the City Council. A few days before the vote, they protested outside her office demanding that she be voted out. At one point a billboard truck drove by attacking her as the “Benedict Arnold” of Throgs Neck.
Persons: Marjorie Velázquez, Velázquez, Benedict Arnold ” Organizations: Council, Republican, Country Club, City Council Locations: New York, Bronx, Bruckner
Chris Christie will visit Israel on Sunday, which will make him the first Republican presidential candidate to visit the country since the October 7 Hamas attacks. He’s also scheduled to visit so-called Gaza envelope region in southern Israel. Christie will also visit with individuals wounded in the Hamas attacks, as well as families of abducted civilians, according to details of the trip. This will not be Christie’s first time in Israel – he visited the country in 2012 in his first foreign trip is governor. At the time, Christie said he thought it was “the right thing” for Biden to go to Israel and show “physical solidarity” with the US ally.
Persons: Chris Christie, Christie, He’s, Israel, , , Israel –, Volodymyr Zelensky, Joe Biden, Biden Organizations: CNN, Former New Jersey Gov, Israel, Republican, America, Hudson Institute, White Locations: Gaza, Israel, Miami, Iran, Kyiv, China, North Korea, Russia, Tel Aviv
REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMIAMI, Nov 8 (Reuters) - An intensifying rivalry between Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley could dominate Wednesday's Republican debate as the two 2024 U.S. presidential hopefuls seek to present themselves as their party's best alternative to former President Donald Trump. Haley, 51, in third place nationally, has grown stronger as she seeks to dislodge DeSantis, 45, from his distant second place in the Republican race after Trump. With the first Republican state nominating contest, in Iowa, little more than two months away, Haley, a former South Carolina governor who also served as Trump's U.N. ambassador, and Florida Governor DeSantis are running out of time. DESANTIS AT HOME IN FLORIDAThe Florida debate setting offers DeSantis a home advantage over others on stage. Haley will be coming off two strong debate performances and has been the only Republican besides Trump to show recent momentum in early nominating states such as Iowa and New Hampshire.
Persons: Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Ronald Reagan, Mike Blake, Donald Trump, Haley, DeSantis, U.N, Florida Governor DeSantis, Trump, Joe Biden, Aaron Kall, , Haley’s, Betsy Ankney, Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tim Scott, Ramaswamy, James Oliphant, Gram Slatter, Ross Colvin, Howard Goller Organizations: South Carolina, Republican, Ronald Reagan Presidential, REUTERS, Rights MIAMI, Wednesday's Republican, Trump, Florida Governor, Democratic, University of Michigan, New, Thomson Locations: Florida, Simi Valley , California, U.S, Wednesday's, Miami, Iowa, South Carolina, Hialeah, FLORIDA, Palm Beach, New Hampshire, United States, Iowa , New Hampshire, New Jersey
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