DES MOINES, Iowa—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley appear to be locked in a battle for second place in the Jan. 15 Iowa caucuses as former President Donald Trump continues to hold a commanding lead in the polls.
Ms. Haley eclipsed Mr. DeSantis in a pair of polls released last week but continues to trail President Trump by 28 percentage points.
The latest Iowa poll by the Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom, and the last one before caucus night, was released on Jan. 13 showing Ms. Haley pulling further ahead of Mr. DeSantis.
President Trump commands the field with 48 percent, two percentage points less than in recent polls. Ms. Haley clocked in at 20 percent to Mr. DeSantis’s 16 percent. Vivek Ramaswamy jumped up to 8 percent, a 2 percent gain…
