Trump beats Haley in New Hampshire: How it happened
Former president Donald Trump won the New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday night, taking another step towards securing his party’s nomination for the 2024 presidential election.
The Associated Press called shortly after polls closed in the state. With less than 20 per cent of results in by 8pm, Mr Trump had an insurmountable lead against his opponent Nikki Haley, with 54 per cent of the vote. Speaking after the call, Haley said she intended to continue her campaign to South Carolina where she’s a former governor.
The former president, who is currently the 2024 Republican frontrunner, was expected to perform well in the Granite State given his stronghold over the majority of the Republican Party. However, unlike his performance in Iowa last week, Mr Trump’s margin of victory on Tuesday was much smaller.
The Associated Press called shortly after polls closed in the state. With less than 20 per cent of results in by 8pm, Mr Trump had an insurmountable lead against his opponent Nikki Haley, with 54 per cent of the vote. Speaking after the call, Haley said she intended to continue her campaign to South Carolina where she’s a former governor.
The former president, who is currently the 2024 Republican frontrunner, was expected to perform well in the Granite State given his stronghold over the majority of the Republican Party. However, unlike his performance in Iowa last week, Mr Trump’s margin of victory on Tuesday was much smaller.
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00:00 [crowd chanting]
00:02 -Former President Donald Trump
00:03 has won the New Hampshire primary
00:05 against former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley.
00:08 -And NBC News can now project that the winner
00:10 of the New Hampshire Republican primary is Donald Trump.
00:14 -Voters took to the polls on January 23rd
00:16 in what is technically the first primary of the election season.
00:19 Here's how the two candidates reacted to the results.
00:22 -This race is far from over.
00:25 There are dozens of states left to go.
00:28 -Wow, she's doing, uh, like a speech like she won.
00:32 She didn't win. She lost.
00:34 -The primary comes a week after the Iowa caucus,
00:37 where Donald Trump won 51% of the votes,
00:39 with Ron DeSantis in second and Haley not far behind.
00:42 While DeSantis dropped out of the race
00:44 following the Iowa caucus --
00:46 -Accordingly, I am today suspending my campaign.
00:49 -Haley has made it clear she isn't going anywhere.
00:52 Here's what she had to say the morning of the primary.
00:54 -Do you get out if you lose today?
00:56 -No, I don't get out if I lose today.
00:58 -Trump was feeling good going into the day.
01:00 -I'm very confident.
01:01 -As the former president continues to be
01:03 the GOP front-runner across the country.
01:05 -Is she a threat to you? -No, no.
01:07 And I don't care if she stays in.
01:08 Let her do whatever she wants. It doesn't matter.
01:11 -The next major primary will be in South Carolina,
01:13 where Haley served as governor from 2011 to 2017.
01:16 -My sweet state of South Carolina!
01:19 (audience cheering)