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Quite a night last night and quite a race in november still ahead, jim. >> reporter: absolutely, john. democrats are already out swinging, saying that this vicious primary fight, as they called it, damages her general election prospects for the fall. but we'll see, because she has a lot of momentum behind her. consider the fact that she started out in the single digits in this campaign, then went on to beat the political establishment in the state. she won last night's primary runoff for the republican nomination for governor with 65% of the vote over a sitting congressman, a freshman congress...

Commander-in-chief 22 minutes from now. we have complete coverage. you see the various screens and the cameras we have set up throughout washington. we'll try and pick him up from the pentagon and the white house. and we'll bring you the latest details and developments as we get them here. 9:24 in new york, same time in washington, d.c. full coverage on that moments from now. jamie: we were following south carolina's governor's race and it ends a heated primary runoff. nicky haley one step closer to becoming the first female governor of the state after beating gresham barrett with 65%

Nomination for south carolina governor. the state lawmaker easily beat congressman gresham barrett in a bitter primary runoff. i guess you could say easily. it was a hard-fought primary in general. haley, indian-american, facing attacks about her race and her religion, along with whispers about sex scandal allegations. now she faces democratic state senator vincent shaheen in the general election. fire officials in flagstaff, arizona finally get the upper hand on a raging 14,000-acre wildfire. about 1,000 residents were forced to evacuate. they could go back home some time today. flames are ...

>> i'm ainsley earhardt in new york. here's results from top primaries across the country. in utah, republicans picked mike lee over tim bridgewatered as their senate nominee. lee's considered the clear-cut favorite to win in november. and bon bennett was ousted in may. in south carolina, state rep nikki haley clinched the g.o.p. nomination from barrett. she benefitted from tea party support and could be the state's first female state executive. in north carolina, secretary of state elaine marshall wins the democratic nomination, over kile cunningham and will challenge richard burrr in novembe...

Is a position that has to be confirmed this is a bad time to have to change gears like this. >> greta: jennifer, thank you. nice to see you. everyone is talking about this story so we need your help go to gretawire.com and answer this poll question: should president obama fire general mcchrystal? >> breaking election news. several races around the country. chief political correspondent carl cameron is live in south carolina. what is the news in south carolina? >> reporter: well, nikki haley has just claimed the republican nomination for governor and made history in the process. the first woman...