President Biden emerged victorious in Nevada’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, while former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley suffered an embarrassing defeat in the Republican contest, where former President Donald Trump’s name was not on the ballot.
“None of these candidates” was the top vote-getter on the GOP side of the bill, with the option receiving more than 60% of the vote when the race was called by the Associated Press.
Haley is the only GOP primary candidate to register for Nevada’s primary, which has no delegates at stake, in the state’s GOP-run caucus, which will be held Thursday and has 26 delegates up for grabs.
Facing almost no competition, Haley only garnered 33.2% of the vote in a contest marked by low turnout.
Only 11,802 total ballots had been cast in person as of 2 p.m. local time, according to the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office.
President Biden speaks during a campaign rally at the Pearson Community Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 4, 2024. AFP via Getty Images
Haley’s campaign acknowledged Monday that it has not “spent a dime or an ounce of energy on Nevada.”
Trump, 77, is expected to win Thursday’s Silver State caucus and increase his delegate count ahead of South Carolina’s Feb. 24 primary, where he leads the polls by 27 points, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average.
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Meanwhile, Biden increased his delegate tally after receiving 90% support in the race just after midnight Eastern time, surpassing his distant opponent and positioning himself to win most, if not all, of the state’s 36 Democratic delegates.
Nikki Haley waves to supporters as she takes the stage during her campaign rally at New Realm Brewing in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 4, 2024. ZUMAPRESS.com
The “None of these candidates” option received 5.7% of the vote, good for second place.
Self-help guru Marianne Williamson came in third with about 2.5% support.
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Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), who finished with nearly 20% of the vote in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary last month, is off the Nevada ballot, having entered the race after the state’s Oct. 16 filing deadline.
Biden’s victory in the first-in-West Nevada contest came after his easy victory in Saturday’s South Carolina Democratic Party primary, where 55 delegates were on the line.
A pair of ballot drop boxes for mail-in ballots are displayed as voters return voting cards at a Clark County polling center on Election Day, Feb. 6. 2024, during the 2024 Nevada presidential primary election in Las Vegas, Nevada. AFP via Getty Images
The incumbent also won the New Hampshire Democratic primary on Jan. 23 despite not being on the ballot and leaving supporters to write in his name.
Biden needs 1,968 delegates to secure the Democratic nomination.
The next contest on the Democratic calendar is the Michigan primary on February 27th.
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