DC primary represents Haley’s best chance yet to beat Trump

Republican voters in Washington D.C. would be the subsequent to resolve on whom the social gathering desires on the high of this 12 months’s presidential ticket, with the nation’s capital presenting former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley her best chace at a primary victory yet.

Washington D.C.’s primary will happen over three days this weekend, with polls opening on Friday and never closing till Sunday night. The City’s 19 delegates will probably be up for grabs within the contest, with all 19 being awarded to the candidate who secures over 50% of the vote or being awarded proportionally if no candidate crosses the 50% threshold. Candidates with lower than 15% of the vote will probably be ineligible to obtain delegates.

The nation’s capital, which is without doubt one of the most closely Democratic cities in your entire nation, represents a problem for former President Donald Trump in his bid to stay undefeated within the GOP primary. 

TRUMP WINS THE MICHIGAN GOP PRIMARY, BRINGING HIM ONE STEP CLOSER TO SECURING REPUBLICAN NOMINATION

Nikki Haley and former President Trump facet by facet.  (Getty Images/ AP)

The former president received the district in 2020 in an uncontested race, in accordance to the Associated Press, however got here in a distant third behind Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich through the 2016 primary.

Reached for remark by Fox News Digital, the Trump marketing campaign downplayed the significance of the upcoming primary contests.

“Republican voters have delivered resounding wins for President Trump in every single primary contest and this race is over,” a spokesperson for the marketing campaign stated. “Our focus is now on Joe Biden and the general election.”

Trump has to date steamrolled his approach to apparent frontrunner standing within the primary season, popping out on high in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, the Virgin Islands, South Carolina and Michigan. Haley, in the meantime, stays the one contender within the GOP subject to problem the previous president, vowing to keep within the race regardless of the current loss in her residence state of South Carolina.

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a microphone. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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The nation’s capital holds one of many extra distinctive primaries on the calendar, with voting opening Friday morning and never closing till Sunday at 7 p.m. Early voting and absentee voting will not be allowed, whereas outcomes will not be launched stay and as an alternative introduced by the district’s social gathering officers roughly an hour after the polls shut, in accordance to the Associated Press.

The primary comes simply days earlier than Super Tuesday, when 15 states will maintain GOP contests and put 865 delegates up for grabs. 

Nikki Haley, former governor of South Carolina and 2024 Republican presidential candidate, throughout an election evening watch social gathering in Charleston, South Carolina. (Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg through Getty Images)

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Trump at present holds a commanding lead within the GOP primary, whereas President Biden holds an equally robust grip on the Democratic facet, making all of it however assured the 2 candidates sq. off for a rematch of the 2020 marketing campaign.