The New Hampshire primary is just 8 days after that. “The Iowa Caucuses are in just over two months. In a sign of her apparent surge in these early voting states, an Emerson College Polling/WHDH survey released Wednesday found Haley surpassing DeSantis for second place in New Hampshire.
She also announced plans for $10 million in TV, radio and digital advertising in Iowa and New Hampshire starting in December. Haley’s campaign is touting recent polling showing her on the rise in Iowa.
“One of the two will have to either win Iowa outright or earn a clear and convincing second place to take on the mantle of Trump alternative in the primary,” Zona added. Haley and DeSantis will have to emerge as the clear alternative to President Trump,” said Michael Zona, a Republican strategist and former staffer for Iowa Sen.
