The former governor of South Carolina has achieved 63% of the votes and 19 delegates in the District of Columbia, where Washington is located.
The Republican candidate Nikki Haley managed to defeat former President Donald Trump this Sunday in the Republican Party primary elections held in the federal district of Columbia, where the capital of the United States is located. Washingtonthus becoming his first victory against the magnate.
Haley has achieved the 63% of the votes and 19 delegates compared to 33% of former President Donald Trump in an election in which only about 2,000 Republicans voted, as reported by the American news network NBC News.
According to experts, Columbia was Haley’s best option to win a primary election because of the federal district’s strong tendency to support progressive candidates in presidential elections, where a republican candidate has never won. Haley, who until now had lost against Trump in the previous votes, had defended his permanence in the electoral race because “only a handful of states have been seen voting.”
Despite his defeat, the former president is increasingly closer to achieving the Republican nomination, as he is the favorite in the majority of states, although the ‘Super Tuesday‘ on March 5, when 800 delegates in 16 states are decided. The goal is to reach 1,215 delegates to mathematically secure the nomination. At the moment, Trump has 247 compared to Haley’s 43.
Source: Eitb
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