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The result has no tangible impact on the race for the Republican nomination, which did not field any delegates, the result of a rift between state officials and Nevada Republicans, who will hold a separate convention this week.
But it’s another blow to Haley, who lost to former President Donald Trump in Iowa and New Hampshire and is likely to lose in her home state of South Carolina this month.
Official results more than two hours after polls closed showed the former UN ambassador with just 32 percent of the vote. votes, and more than 61 percent voted for “none of these candidates”. voters.
Trump’s team urged his supporters to vote against his only rival for the party’s nomination, even after he himself declined to run.
Members of Haley’s campaign rejected the result. “Even Donald Trump knows that playing with pennies wins the casino. We didn’t bother playing a game rigged in Trump’s favor. We are at full capacity in South Carolina and beyond,” her spokesperson told CNN.
Both Republican and Democratic primaries were held in Nevada on Tuesday, with President Joe Biden expected to win his party’s ballot, as required by a state law change.
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Both parties in Nevada used to hold caucuses to choose their preferred presidential candidate, but in 2021 lawmakers decided to make the primary process more participatory by allowing people to vote by mail and in advance.
But Trump-supporting Nevada Republicans, like much of the national party, are deeply distrustful of such measures and have said they will ignore the primary and hold a convention to nominate state representatives.
The party also said that any candidate who submitted their name in the primaries will not be able to attend the convention. Critics said the process, while not illegal, was artificially engineered to ensure Trump’s victory.
The caucus format, where voters must attend a live event lasting several hours, is more appealing to ardent Trump supporters.
The real estate mogul can secure the Republican nomination by mid-March after gaining an insurmountable lead among delegates.
But his own party and potential rival, Joe Biden, has already admitted that he is, in fact, already the front-runner.
