Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan endorsed Nikki Haley on CNN's "State of the Union" the day before the Iowa caucuses.
Hogan said he thinks it's "pretty clear" that Trump will win Iowa, and in the "fight for second place," he said, "Nikki Haley has all of the momentum."
"What this race is all about is to try to nominate the strongest possible nominee for November. I'm convinced the momentum is with Nikki Haley," Hogan said, pointing to a path for Haley to get "a distant second" in Iowa, possibly win New Hampshire and then have momentum going into her home state of South Carolina.
"Yes, it is time for the party to get behind Nikki Haley,” he said.
Pressed by CNN's Jake Tapper on whether he was endorsing Haley, Hogan answered that since he decided last year not to run for president himself, "I really did not want to see a multi-car pile-up that would just enable Donald Trump."
"I think we want to have the strongest possible nominee in November. Polls show that that is Nikki Haley."