Donald Trump hands down won the Republican caucuses in Michigan on Saturday, where another stage of the Republican primaries took place. The former U.S. president also won the Missouri Republican caucus, according to a projection by the Associated Press.
In both states Trump trounced Nikki Haley, his last remaining rival for the Republican presidential nomination, moving him closer to becoming his party’s White House standard-bearer and a likely general election rematch with President Joe Biden.
In Michigan, Trump beat Haley in all 13 districts taking part in the nominating caucuses, according to the state Republican Party.
Overall, Trump won with nearly 98% percent support: 1,575 votes to just 36 for Haley.
Pete Hoekstra, the Michigan Republican Party’s chair, called it “an overwhelming, dominating victory.”
All will be determined on Tuesday
Republicans were also holding caucuses in Idaho on Saturday, one of the final contests for Haley to alter the course of the race prior to Super Tuesday on March 5, the biggest day in the primaries, when 15 states and one territory will vote.
With victories in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, the U.S. Virgin Islands, South Carolina, and now Michigan and Missouri under his belt, Trump is far and away the frontrunner in the race, with Haley hanging on thanks to support from donors keen for an alternative to the former president.
North Carolina's March 5 primary is part of a Super Tuesday slate of 16 nominating contests that will bring Trump close to clinching the Republican nomination. It also is the only race that day that will be held in a battleground state that could decide the next occupant of the White House.
In Michigan, Trump beat Haley in all 13 districts taking part in the nominating caucuses, according to the state Republican Party.
Overall, Trump won with nearly 98% percent support: 1,575 votes to just 36 for Haley.
Pete Hoekstra, the Michigan Republican Party’s chair, called it “an overwhelming, dominating victory.”
All will be determined on Tuesday
Republicans were also holding caucuses in Idaho on Saturday, one of the final contests for Haley to alter the course of the race prior to Super Tuesday on March 5, the biggest day in the primaries, when 15 states and one territory will vote.
With victories in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, the U.S. Virgin Islands, South Carolina, and now Michigan and Missouri under his belt, Trump is far and away the frontrunner in the race, with Haley hanging on thanks to support from donors keen for an alternative to the former president.
North Carolina's March 5 primary is part of a Super Tuesday slate of 16 nominating contests that will bring Trump close to clinching the Republican nomination. It also is the only race that day that will be held in a battleground state that could decide the next occupant of the White House.
Haley has vowed to stay in the race through Tuesday, when 874 of the 2,429 delegates at play in the Republican primary will be up for grabs. Trump is expected to capture the vast share of them, and his campaign has projected he will secure the nomination by March 12 or the week after.DEVELOPING - SEE IT: Long lines, big crowd ahead of Trump’s rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, just three days before Super Tuesday. WATCH pic.twitter.com/HJfNcjG8Va
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Source: Reuters
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