LAS VEGAS – Former President Donald Trump wasn’t on the poll in Tuesday’s Republican presidential major within the early voting state of Nevada.
However his absence wasn’t sufficient to assist safe a victory for his final remaining main rival for the 2024 GOP nomination – Nikki Haley.
Voters casting ballots within the state-run Republican nominating contest could not write in Trump’s title, however they might vote for a “none of those candidates” possibility.
And the Related Press projected that the “none of those candidates” possibility would defeat Haley in a major the place no delegates to this summer season’s Republican conference have been at stake. Trump supporters Fox Information spoke with at polling stations stated they have been casting a poll for “none of those candidates.”
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Whereas her title was on the poll, the previous two-term South Carolina governor who later served as U.N. ambassador within the Trump administration ignored the Nevada major.
Haley did not marketing campaign in Nevada forward of the first and hasn’t been within the state since talking in late October on the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual management convention.
“By way of Nevada, now we have not spent a dime nor an oz. of vitality on Nevada,” Haley marketing campaign supervisor Betsy Ankney instructed reporters on Monday. “So Nevada shouldn’t be and has by no means been our focus.”
Because the vote rely continued, the previous president took to his Fact Social community to take purpose at Haley.
“A foul evening for Nikki Haley. Shedding by virtually 30 factors in Nevada to “None of These Candidates.” Watch, she’ll quickly declare Victory!” he argued.
And Trump marketing campaign senior adviser Chris LaCivita pointed in direction of Haley’s house state, which holds the following main contest within the GOP nominating calendar on Feb. 24.
“Extra embarrassment coming in South Carolina …the @NikkiHaley Delusional Tour continues,’ LaCivita claimed in a social media put up.
Whereas Trump, the commanding front-runner for the 2024 GOP nomination as he makes his third straight White Home run, wasn’t on the first poll, his title might be listed on Thursday in a presidential caucus being run by the Nevada GOP.
The confusion over having two competing contests dates to 2021, when Democrats, who on the time managed each Nevada’s governor’s workplace and the legislature, handed a legislation altering the presidential nominating contest from long-held caucuses to a state-run major.
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The Nevada GOP objected, however final yr their authorized bid to cease the first from going ahead was rejected. In a twist, the choose within the case allowed the state Republicans to carry their very own caucuses, the place all 26 delegates might be up for grabs.
The state GOP dominated that candidates who put their title on the state-run major poll couldn’t participate within the caucuses.
Haley and a few of the different now-departed Republican presidential candidates considered the Nevada GOP as too loyal to Trump and determined to skip a caucus they believed was tipped in favor of the previous president.
Nevada GOP chair Michael McDonald and each of the state’s members of the Republican Nationwide Committee are supporting Trump.
“We made the choice early on that we weren’t going to pay $55,000 to a Trump entity that, , to take part in a course of that was rigged for Trump,” Ankney argued.
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Whereas the GOP presidential candidates had to decide on both the caucus or major poll, registered Republicans in Nevada can vote in each contests.
And Trump’s marketing campaign has been working to get the message out to supporters in Nevada that in the event that they wish to vote for the previous president, they should present up on the caucuses.
“Your major vote does not imply something. It is your caucus vote,” Trump stated at a rally in Las Vegas late final month. “So in your state, you could have each the first and you’ve got a caucus. Don’t be concerned concerning the major, simply do the caucus factor.”
Trump is anticipated again in Las Vegas on Thursday, for a caucus celebration.
This week’s contests are simply an appetizer for Nevada, which as a key common election battleground state will see loads of marketing campaign visitors this summer season and autumn.
