Haley ends Trump’s undefeated run with victory in DC primary

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley notched her first victory of the 2024 primary marketing campaign, besting former President Donald Trump in Washington D.C.

Haley gained the competition with practically 63% of the vote, in line with an Associated Press name of the race shortly after polls closed Sunday. The outcomes imply the previous South Carolina governor will stroll away with 19 delegates.

Washington D.C. represented Haley’s attainable greatest shot at notching a victory and ending Trump’s undefeated primary streak. While Trump gained the district in an uncontested 2020 primary, he completed a distant third behind Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich in the course of the 2016 primary. The district additionally leans closely in direction of Democrats, with President Biden garnering 92% of the Washington D.C. vote in the 2020 Election.

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Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and former President Donald Trump. (Al Drago/Bloomberg by way of Getty Images)

Trump has to date made simple work of this 12 months’s GOP primary, notching victories in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, the Virgin Islands, South Carolina and Michigan. The seemingly simple stream of wins has solidified the previous president’s frontrunner standing in the race, with the marketing campaign telling Fox News Digital forward of the outcomes that they’ve already begun to stay up for the final election.

“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.”

Former President Donald Trump. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

DC PRIMARY REPRESENTS HALEY’S BEST CHANCE YET TO BEAT TRUMP

The former president held a commanding lead heading into Washington D.C.’s contest, holding ten instances as many delegates as Haley earlier than his first primary loss. Trump nonetheless holds a commanding lead heading into crucial week on the calendar, with Haley solely gaining 19 with the victory in the nation’s capital.

Haley, in the meantime, has remained as the one different contender in the sphere, vowing to remain in the race regardless of a latest loss in her residence state of South Carolina.

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks throughout a marketing campaign occasion on the Orangeburg Mall Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Orangeburg, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

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The Haley marketing campaign will look to hold the momentum to Monday’s contest in North Dakota, the place 29 delegates might be up for grabs and this week’s “Super Tuesday,” the place voters in 15 states will head to the polls to find out who will get a share of 865 complete delegates. Haley has invested closely in Super Tuesday, with her marketing campaign asserting a seven-figure ad-buy in varied states set to vote that day final week.

The magic quantity to safe the nomination is 1,215 delegates, which means no candidate will develop into the presumptive nominee but in the upcoming week.