Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, defeated former US President Donald Trump in the Republican primary in Washington on Sunday. the BBC According to his report
This is Haley's first victory over Trump in the 2024 Republican presidential nomination campaign.
Haley, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, received 62.9 percent of the votes, compared to 33.2 percent for Trump. Accordingly, Haley won 19 winnable delegate votes.
This could be seen as a largely symbolic victory, as D.C. is a heavily Democratic district, and there are only about 23,000 registered Republicans in Washington. Reportedly, 2,035 Republicans participated in the primary.
However, the former US president is significantly ahead of Haley overall. As we wrote, Donald Trump won the presidential caucuses in Michigan and Missouri on Saturday, increasing the former president's lead over Nikki Haley. The former US president also won in the state to which the woman belongs, South Carolina.
Tuesday will be a big day
Donald Trump needs 1,215 delegate votes to win the presidential nomination at the National Presidential Nominating Convention in July. According to the former president's campaign managers, the required number could be reached by mid-March.
In the United States, Tuesday will be the big day for the primaries, known as Super Tuesday
In 15 states of the country, Republican voters decide the character of the presidential candidate, or about 800 delegate votes.
On Super Tuesday, March 5, Democrats will also hold a primary, with incumbent Joe Biden being the front-runner and likely close to officially becoming the Democratic Party's presidential nominee again, then running for re-election in November.
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