Raleigh, North Carolina (AP) – On Saturday, Donald Trump emerged victorious in the Republican primary in South Carolina, handily defeating Nikki Haley, the former ambassador to the United Nations, in her home state and paving the way for a third consecutive GOP nomination.
Trump has now added victories in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to his string of victories in every race that counted for Republican delegates. Despite losing the state she served as governor of from 2011 to 2017, Haley is defying rising pressure to withdraw from the campaign.
Republicans have always relied on South Carolina’s first-in-the-South primary as a solid indicator of their chances. The Republican nominee in South Carolina has been selected by the party in all but one primary since 1980. In 2012, Newt Gingrich was the only one who did otherwise.
Haley served as the state representative for Lexington County, where Trump was overwhelmingly popular. Not many South Carolinians who supported Trump, including some who had backed Haley as governor, were prepared to give her a home-state advantage in the presidential primary.
According to a report by Meg Kinnard and Will Weissert of the Associated Press, published on 2/25/2024 WGN9.
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