Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina governor and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, biotech entrepreneur and anti-woke author Vivek Ramaswamy, and ex-New Jersey Governor Chris Christie debate

The debate took on new urgency as the candidates - former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Gov Chris Christie, Florida Gov Ron DeSantis, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy - only have mere weeks to cobble together support before the first contest in Iowa.

The Republican primary debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, airing on NewsNation and The CW, includes DeSantis, Haley, Christie and Ramaswamy

Nikki Haley mocked her rivals for being “jealous” of her rising profile as she faced an onslaught of criticism at the final GOP debate before the Iowa caucuses.

Fla.) and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy hurled insults at fellow presidential candidate and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, but Haley found support in former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie during the fourth GOP debate.

Nikki Haley came under sustained attack on the debate stage on Wednesday night, as she fought to maintain the momentum which has seen her rise to second place in the Republican primary contest in some

The former South Carolina governor has been moving up in the polls in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, putting a target on her back from other candidates.