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- Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, laughs with Greenwood County, S.C., Council Woman, Edith Childs, right, in Aiken, S.C., on Oct. 6, 2007. Obama is marking the retirement of the South Carolina woman credited with popularizing the chant "Fired up, ready to go!" The chant came to epitomize Obama's two presidential campaigns. The former president says Childs' energy played a key role in lifting his spirits and his candidacy. (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick, File)
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Obama praises woman behind 'Fired up' chant as she retires
By MEG KINNARD - Associated Press
Wed,03/01/23-11:21PM , 734 Reads
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Barack Obama, marking the retirement of the woman credited with popularizing the chant “Fired up, ready to go!” that epitomized his campaigns, says her energy played a key role in lifting his spirits and his candidacy.
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- Voters fill out their ballots at a primary polling place, Feb. 29, 2020, in North Charleston, S.C. Democrats elevated South Carolina to the top of their presidential primary calendar, leapfrogging Iowa and New Hampshire. Republicans, meanwhile, could potentially have two homegrown South Carolina presidential candidates in the race, a prospect that has already caused friction among the state’s GOP circles of supporters. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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In 2024 campaign, kingmaker reprise for South Carolina?
By MEG KINNARD - Associated Press
Sun,02/26/23-6:25AM , 650 Reads
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is accustomed to increased attention in the years leading up to presidential elections, with the state hosting the South’s first voting contests for several of the last cycles.

But even by those standards, 2024 feels different.
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- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a news briefing at the White House, in Washington, Sept. 15, 2017. Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, announced her candidacy for president on Tuesday, becoming the first major challenger to former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Nikki Haley announces run for president, challenging Trump
By MEG KINNARD - Associated Press
Tue,02/14/23-6:15AM , 612 Reads
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- Former U.N. Ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley speaks during the Iowa Republican Party's Lincoln Dinner, on June 24, 2021, in West Des Moines, Iowa. Haley is moving closer to making her presidential campaign official. On Wednesday, Feb 1, 2023, supporters of the former South Carolina governor will get an email invitation to a Feb. 15 launch event in Charleston, at which she plans to announce her campaign, according to a person familiar with the plans but not authorized to speak publicly about them. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
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Nikki Haley planning Feb. 15 launch for 2024 White House bid
By MEG KINNARD - Associated Press
Tue,01/31/23-9:30PM , 412 Reads
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley is moving closer to making her presidential campaign official.
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