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Ms Haley's victory on Sunday has at least temporarily halted Mr Trump's sweep of the Republican primary contest - although the former president is likely to pick up several hundred more delegates in this week's Super Tuesday races. Her success in Washington DC also marks the first time in history a woman has won a Republican primary.

Speculation surrounding the possibility of Nikki Haley launching a third-party bid is mounting as she struggles to win delegates going into Super Tuesday. The group No Labels has said it would be open to the possibility of Haley leading its ticket as it scrambles to find a candidate to top its ticket. Haley, for her part, has brushed off the No Labels speculation, arguing her place is in the Republican Party. But with no primary wins under her belt and a general air of uncertainty surrounding her endgame in the presidential race, Haley is spurring talk of a possible third-party...

The ex-US president has brushed off Nikki Haley’s win, saying he purposely avoided campaigning in Washington DC Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley defeated former US President Donald Trump in her party’s Washington DC primary on Sunday. While the win denies Trump a clean sweep of the primaries, her path to the nomination remains all but shut. Haley beat Trump by 62.8% of the vote to 33.3%, securing all of the district’s 19 Republican delegates. The win was Haley’s first of the election season, following losses to Trump in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina, Michigan and the Virgin Islands in...

Former South Carolina Governor and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley finally got a win Sunday night in the race for the GOP presidential nomination, claiming the Washington, D.C. primary by a 63-33 margin and thereby earning 19 delegates. It's a nice victory for Haley, but she still trails former President Donald Trump's delegate count by 244-43.She took to social media to celebrate her win:🚨𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚🚨Nikki Haley wins the District of Columbia Republican Presidential primary!pic.twitter.com/fCmVWqKkn5— Team Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaleyHQ) March 4, 2024She faced good odds in D.C.:Washington, D.C., represented Haley's possible best shot at notching a victory and ending Trump's undefeated primary streak....