Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has seemingly ruled out the possibility of a third party run, stating that she is a "conservative Republican" and has no interest in serving with a Democrat.

In an interview with Fox News's Martha MacCallum, Haley pushed back on the host's suggestion that she would seek "another avenue" via an independent run or staying in the race “in case the Trump Train implodes." 

Haley responded:

I’m sitting here focused on Super Tuesday states. That’s what I’m going to do. I'm a Republican, I have not talked to any other organization, I have not put a second of thought into an independent run because I'm a Republican. That's what I have always been.

She added that she was not interested in the prospect of running with a Democrat: 

I’ve been a conservative Republican my whole life. I’m not going to switch over and have a Democrat vice president. That’s not something I would do. My heart has always been with the Republican Party and this country. So that’s what I’m gonna do.

Questions over Haley's status in the race against Donald Trump have grown even louder since Saturday evening, where she was defeated by the former president in her home state of South Carolina, where she once served as governor. 

Haley's comments come after Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips, who is running a similarly unsuccessful cmapaign against Joe Biden, recently revealed he would be willing to join up with Haley to defeat Donald Trump. The national director for the political organization No Labels, Joe Cunningham, also indicated this weekend that Haley is “somebody we’d definitely be interested in." 

During last year's Republican primary debates, Haley raised her hand when asked by the moderator whether she would support the party's eventual nominee, including Donald Trump. However, there are now questions as to whether she will follow through on that pledge given the combative nature of her establishment friendly campaign. 

Regardless of what Haley decides, it is increasingly clear that her chances of succeeding in the Republican presidential primary are effectively over. On Sunday, the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity announced that it was pulling the plug on providing financial support to her campaign after concluding that there was no obvious path to victory. 

The organization's senior leader wrote in a memo:

Nikki Haley has shown us again and again that we made the right decision in supporting her candidacy and she continues to have our strong endorsement. She has made it clear that she will continue to fight and we wholeheartedly support her in this effort. But given the challenges in the primary states ahead, we don’t believe any outside group can make a material difference to widen her path to victory. 

And so while we will continue to endorse her, we will focus our resources where we can make the difference. And that’s the U.S. Senate and House. If Donald Trump is at the top of the Republican ticket, the risk of one-party rule by a Democratic Party captured by the Progressive Left is severe and would do irreparable damage to the country. 

For now, it appears that Haley will remain in the race until at least Super Tuesday. However, she has not confirmed that she will stay in beyond that. 

“We’re going to keep going all the way through Super Tuesday,” she told reporters after casting her vote on Saturday. “That’s as far as I’ve thought in terms of going forward.”