From Christian Science Monitor:

The primary also will be pivotal for three congressional elections. Four other statewide offices — state schools chief, state attorney general, treasurer and comptroller general — are also on ballots.

But the race that has grabbed the spotlight is the Republican gubernatorial primary. State Rep. Nikki Haley, who was dogged the last two weeks by claims that she had trysts with two separate men, vies to become the first woman GOP nominee for governor and the first Indian-American with a serious shot at the state’s top elected office.

Haley, with strong backing from tea party activists saw her popularity soar last month with an endorsement from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. And she’s denied and weathered unsubstantiated allegations from the two men claiming physical relationships with the married mother of two.

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