Former President Donald Trump won the Tennessee Republican primary by a landslide, the Associated Press reported. projected.
Trump was declared the winner just minutes after voting closed at 7pm PT, with 4% of the votes counted. Trump now had 80% of the vote, compared to former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s 16.5%. There are 58 delegates at stake in Tennessee.
Besides the D.C. Swamp Republican primary, Haley has lost every Republican primary. include in her home state of South Carolina.Haley especially Spent More than $76 million was spent to defeat Trump in four primary states: Michigan, South Carolina, New Hampshire and Iowa.
Haley was the last Republican challenger to remain in the race despite Trump winning six early voting states.haley Said nbc meet the press On Sunday, she said she plans to stay in the race “as long as I’m competitive.”
“I’ve always said this requires a competitive edge. As long as we’re competitive, as long as we’re showing that there’s a place for us, I’m going to keep fighting. That’s always been the case. It was,” she said.
“If people want to see me move forward, they’ll show it. They’ll show it with votes. They’ll show it with donations. They want to see us move forward.” “We will show that in the fact that we want to continue to do so,” she added.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, former ambassador to the United Nations, takes a selfie after speaking at a campaign event in South Burlington, Vermont, Sunday, March 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
The Volunteer State Republican primary election was held on Super Tuesday, the biggest primary day of the year, when 16 states and one U.S. territory contest the presidential nomination. There will be 865 Republican delegates on Super Tuesday, representing 36 percent of the total delegates for the entire race.
On the Democratic side, President Joe Biden is the only Democratic candidate in Tennessee’s Super Tuesday presidential primary voting; declared The winner was decided immediately after the voting ended.
Katherine Hamilton is a political reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her at @thekat_Hamilton.
