Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley won her first Republican Party presidential primary in the nation’s capital on Sunday against former President Donald Trump.
Haley won the Washington, D.C., Republican primary 63% to Trump’s 33% with nearly all the votes counted, according to the Associated Press.
Trump has dominated in all of the other contests that have taken place thus far, winning in some states by more than 70 points.
Haley’s campaign responded to the win by stating on social media: “This makes Nikki Haley the first woman to win a Republican primary in U.S. history.”
The former South Carolina Governor has repeatedly vowed to stay in the primary race through Super Tuesday, buoyed by solid fundraising numbers despite Trump’s steadily widening lead.
“Tonight’s results in Washington D.C. reaffirm the object of President Trump’s campaign — he will drain the swamp and put America first,” the Trump Campaign said in a statement. “While Nikki has been soundly rejected throughout the rest of America, she was just crowned Queen of the Swamp by the lobbyists and DC insiders that want to protect the failed status quo. The swamp has claimed their queen. President Trump will fight for every American who is being let down by these very DC insiders and devastated by Joe Biden’s failures.”
Sunday marks the second time that former President Trump has failed to secure victory in a D.C. primary — in 2016, he trailed behind Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and former Governor John Kasich (R-OH).
Haley still trails far behind Trump in both the polls and in the overall delegate count.
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