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  • FILE - Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley smiles while taking a question from the audience during a campaign gathering, May 24, 2023, in Bedford, N.H. Haley’s husband will soon begin a yearlong deployment with the South Carolina Army National Guard to Africa. The mission will encompass most of the remainder of his wife’s campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. A person with knowledge of Michael Haley’s deployment tells The Associated Pres that a formal deployment ceremony will likely happen in several weeks. It'll be Michael Haley’s second active-duty deployment since he joined the Guard as an officer in 2006. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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    Diverse Republican presidential primary field sees an opening in 2024 with voters of color
    Gary Fields/Associated Press
    Race has emerged as a central issue in the 2024 presidential contest as the GOP's primary field features five candidates of color. That's the GOP's most racially diverse presidential class ever. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez joined the race Thursday. Suarez is of Cuban descent and highlights his status as the only Hispanic in the contest. In most cases, the diverse Republican candidates downplay the significance of their racial heritage. They also oppose policies around policing, voting rights and education designed to benefit disadvantaged communities and combat structural racism. The GOP's increasingly diverse leadership is backed by evolving politics on issues such as immigration and suggests the party might have an opportunity to widen its appeal.