AP calls a Haley-Barrett runoff

Published June 8, 2010 4:00am ET



Nikki Haley has fallen just short of the 50 percent she needed to avoid a runoff in South Carolina’s Republican primary, according to the Associated Press. This is thanks almost entirely to the popularity of her second-place opponent, Rep. Gresham Barrett, R, within his own Congressional District.

The runoff will be June 22.

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