February 7, 2024 – Former President Donald Trump wasn’t on the ballot in Tuesday’s Republican presidential primary in Nevada, but his absence didn’t help his last remaining major rival for the 2024 GOP nomination, Nikki Haley. The Associated Press projected that the “none of these candidates” option would defeat Haley in a primary where no delegates to this summer’s Republican convention were at stake.
Haley, the former two-term South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador in the Trump administration, ignored the Nevada primary and didn’t campaign in the state. Her campaign manager, Betsy Ankney, told reporters on Monday, “In terms of Nevada, we have not spent a dime nor an ounce of energy on Nevada. So Nevada is not and has never been our focus.”
Despite Haley’s name being on the ballot, Trump supporters Fox News spoke with at polling stations said they were casting a ballot for “none of these candidates.” Trump took to his Truth Social network to take aim at Haley, arguing, “A bad night for Nikki Haley. Losing by almost 30 points in Nevada to ‘None of These Candidates.’ Watch, she’ll soon claim Victory!”
Trump’s campaign senior adviser, Chris LaCivita, pointed towards Haley’s home state, which holds the next major contest in the GOP nominating calendar on Feb. 24. “More embarrassment coming in South Carolina …the @NikkiHaley Delusional Tour continues,” LaCivita claimed in a social media post.
The confusion over having two competing contests dates to 2021, when Democrats passed a law changing the presidential nominating contest from long-held caucuses to a state-run primary. The Nevada GOP objected, but last year their legal bid to stop the primary from going forward was rejected. In a twist, the state GOP was allowed to hold their own caucuses, where all 26 delegates will be up for grabs.
Haley and some of the other now-departed Republican presidential candidates viewed the Nevada GOP as too loyal to Trump and decided to skip a caucus they believed was tipped in favor of the former president. Nevada GOP chair Michael McDonald and both of the state’s members of the Republican National Committee are supporting Trump.
While the GOP presidential candidates had to choose either the caucus or primary ballot, registered Republicans in Nevada can vote in both contests. Trump’s campaign has been working to get the message out to supporters in Nevada that if they want to vote for the former president, they need to show up at the caucuses. “Your primary vote doesn’t mean anything. It’s your caucus vote,” Trump said at a rally in Las Vegas late last month. “So in your state, you have both the primary and you have a caucus. Don’t worry about the primary, just do the caucus thing.”
The Nevada GOP caucuses will be held on Thursday, where all 26 delegates will be up for grabs. Trump is expected to attend a caucus celebration in Las Vegas on Thursday. Nevada, as a key general election battleground state, will see plenty of campaign traffic this summer and autumn.
The former president’s campaign has been working to get the message out to supporters in Nevada that if they want to vote for Trump, they need to show up at the caucuses. “Your primary vote doesn’t mean anything. It’s your caucus vote,” Trump said at a rally in Las Vegas late last month. “So in your state, you have both the primary and you have a caucus. Don’t worry about the primary, just do the caucus thing.”
Trump’s campaign has been working to get the message out to supporters in Nevada that if they want to vote for the former president, they need to show up at the caucuses. “Your primary vote doesn’t mean anything. It’s your caucus vote,” Trump said at a rally in Las Vegas late last month. “So in your state, you have both the primary and you have a caucus. Don’t worry about the primary, just do the caucus thing.”
The Nevada GOP caucuses will be held on Thursday, where all 26 delegates will be up for grabs. Trump is expected to attend a caucus celebration in Las Vegas on Thursday. Nevada, as a key general election battleground state, will see plenty of campaign traffic this summer and autumn.
In the meantime, Trump’s campaign has been working to get the message out to supporters in Nevada that if they want to vote for the former president, they need to show up at the caucuses. “Your primary
vote doesn’t mean anything. It’s your caucus vote,” Trump said at a rally in Las Vegas late last month. “So in your state, you have both the primary and you have a caucus. Don’t worry about the primary, just do the caucus thing.”
In the meantime, Trump’s campaign has been working to get the message out to supporters in Nevada that if they want to vote for the former president, they need to show up at the caucuses. “Your primary vote doesn’t mean anything. It’s your caucus vote,” Trump said at a rally in Las Vegas late last month. “So in your state, you have both the primary and you have a caucus. Don’t worry about the primary, just do the caucus thing.”
In the Democratic primary, President Joe Biden won the Nevada Democratic presidential primary as he moves closer to a showdown with Trump. Biden’s victory in Nevada comes after he won the New Hampshire primary, securing him a majority of the delegates in both states.
The Democratic primary in Nevada was held on Tuesday, with Biden winning the state’s presidential primary, according to a tally of the results by The Associated Press. The former vice president’s victory in Nevada comes after he won the New Hampshire primary, securing him a majority of the delegates in both states.
Biden’s victory in Nevada comes after he won the New Hampshire primary, securing him a majority of the delegates in both states. The former vice president’s victory in Nevada comes after he won the New Hampshire primary, securing him a majority of the delegates in both states.