Republican Nikki Haley won the Washington, DC, primary, securing a decisive victory over former US President Donald Trump. While the vote count for the GOP primary is still underway, Haley is expected to “trump” the Republican front-runner, with more than 60% of the vote already in her favor.
Nikki Haley led the primary with 63% of the vote, while Trump received 33%. DC Republicans cast just over 2,000 ballots. She won all 19 of the delegates at stake.
First triumph
This marks Nikki Haley’s first victory in the 2024 campaign. This victory momentarily halts Donald Trump’s dominance of the GOP voting contests.
However, forecasts indicate that he will gain several hundred delegates in this week’s Super Tuesday races.
Washington DC
Washington, according to media accounts, is a primarily Democratic jurisdiction. There are approximately 23,000 registered Republicans in the city.
According to NBC, many of them work in politics or administration and are often regarded as distinct from those in other early states such as South Carolina and Iowa
In Washington, DC, the GOP primary election is administered by the local Republican Party rather than the state, and the Madison Hotel serves as the single voting place. In 2020, while he