Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley won her first contest in the Republican presidential nomination race on Sunday after triumphing in D.C.'s primary. After three days of voting, polls in the Washington race closed at 7 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday. Though only 19 delegates were at stake, Haley perhaps had her best chance of defeating Trump, as he performed poorly in the last competitive GOP presidential contest in 2016. That year, he lost the D.C. primary to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) - a rare defeat for Trump in that GOP race. With all the votes counted, Haley got 63 percent of the vote to 33 percent for Trump - and she won all of the delegates.

Source: Washington Post March 05, 2024 11:11 UTC