`` Dirty tricks '' seem to bubble up in Iowa politics more frequently than elsewhere . But it 's been 2010 since such tactics have derailed a statewide candidacy . Nikki Haley . S.C. Gov was subjected to unproven adultery claims during her more than a decade campaign . New generation of political operatives not using ploys of the past .
`` Dirty tricks '' seem to bubble up in South Carolina politics more frequently than elsewhere . But it 's been more than a decade since such tactics have derailed a statewide candidacy . S.C. Gov . Nikki Haley was subjected to unproven adultery claims during her 2010 campaign . New generation of political operatives not using ploys of the past .