Former President Donald Trump was declared the winner of the Idaho caucuses on Saturday night after similar wins in Michigan and Missouri earlier in the day, giving him a hat trick of victories in the Republican caucuses. Achieved.
With this victory, Trump swept the map and moved one step closer to winning the 2024 Republican nomination over his only remaining challenger, Nikki Haley. Haley has vowed to remain in office at least through next week’s 15th Super Tuesday election.
Trump has defeated Haley in every primary and caucus to date, with Haley never even coming within single digits of her rival. After his victory, he took aim at his likely opponent in the general election, President Joe Biden.
“This is about to get pretty wild and it’s a huge honor. We have to let them know we’re coming to get him.” President Trump said Friday at the Greater Richmond, Virginia. He said this at a “Get Out the Vote” rally at the convention center.
michigan
Trump, 77, won all 39 delegates to the Michigan Republican caucus in Grand Rapids.
Trump defeated Haley in all 13 House districts, winning more than 90% of the vote in each district and winning three districts unanimously. Detroit News reported.
The caucuses followed Tuesday’s Michigan primary, which Trump won with 68% of the vote.
The caucus was to decide who would accept 39 of the state’s 55 delegates to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this summer. The unusual two-election system was the result of a compromise between the Michigan Republican Party and the Republican National Committee after Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer approved moving up the primary date at President Biden’s suggestion. .
To comply with RNC rules prohibiting additional races in February, the Michigan Republican Party will hold an initial primary with 16 delegates, followed by a caucus for declared party members. agreed to hold the event.
The Michigan Republican Party is divided by infighting, with two factions claiming true leadership. The caucus, held Saturday in Grand Rapids, was led by former Congressman Pete Hoekstra. A rival party convention scheduled for Detroit, scheduled to be led by former party chairwoman Cristina Karamo, was canceled after a court ruling on Friday upheld the Jan. 6 vote to remove her from the party’s leadership. Ta.
missouri
Trump also defeated Haley in the Missouri caucuses, which determine how 51 of the state’s 54 delegates are elected.
All 924 caucus districts were 50% or more in Trump’s favor, with 51 of Missouri’s 54 convention delegates joining Trump’s tally. An additional three delegates will be free to vote under party rules.
The remaining three delegates are determined by the state party chair and Missouri Republican National Committee members and committee members, and can vote for anyone.
Haley’s team announced Friday that the Missouri leadership team will provide “valuable insights” from “elected officials, business leaders and influential community members” as voters go to the ballot box on Saturday. He said that it would be provided.
“Missourians have a choice in this election: keep doing the same thing, or take on a new generation of conservative leadership,” Haley said in a statement Friday. “We can decide whether we want to defend it or continue down the path of big government and isolationism.” “Our management team understands the choice and appreciates their support.”
With all registered voters in Missouri participating in the state caucuses, it was possible that Democrats and independents would support Haley. Haley has relied on these groups to keep Trump within range.
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Registered Republican voters in Idaho also overwhelmingly supported Trump at the state caucuses, which were held in more than 210 locations across the Gem State.
Trump received 84.3% of the vote and collected all 32 delegates from the state.
Haley received just 13.8% of the vote, compared to 1.3% for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who withdrew from the race last month.
Idaho has a winner-take-all caucus system, meaning a candidate receives all 32 votes if they receive more than 50% of the vote. If both Mr. Trump and Ms. Haley had failed to meet that threshold, they would have received delegates proportionately.
After Saturday night and until Super Tuesday, when 865 delegates will be competing in 15 races, there are only two Republican contests: the District of Columbia and North Dakota.
Haley said she wants to have a “good, competitive performance” on Super Tuesday and plans to stay in the race “as long as I can be competitive,” but she did not say specifically when she would consider withdrawing. Ta.
