He won 182 votes, which is 74% of the 246
votes cast, beating Nikki Haley, who won 26% support with 64 votes.
Donald
Trump has been declared winner of the Republican presidential nominating
caucuses in Nevada and the U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday.
The win
moves him closer to becoming his party’s White House flag bearer in the general
election with U.S. President Joe Biden in November.
Trump
was the only major candidate competing in Nevada’s caucuses and was set to win
the state’s 26 delegates to the party’s nominating convention in July after
being projected the winner on Thursday night by Edison Research.
Earlier
on Thursday, Trump easily won the U.S. Virgin Islands caucuses, adding four to
his delegate haul.
The
former U.S. president won 182 votes, or 74% of the 246 votes cast there,
beating his last remaining rival in the Republican race, Nikki Haley, who won 26%
support with 64 votes.
The
Nevada caucuses, organized by the Trump-friendly Nevada Republican Party, came
two days after a state-run primary election, which saw a humiliating
defeat for Haley.
Despite
being the only major candidate on Tuesday’s Republican primary ballot, Haley
was still roundly defeated after tens of thousands of Trump supporters turned
out to mark their ballots “with none of these candidates” , an option which
garnered 63% of the vote to Haley’s 30%.
After
his win, Trump appeared before supporters in Las Vegas.
“I want
to thank the great people of Nevada,” he said, adding that Thursday’s Supreme
Court arguments “a beautiful sight to watch”.
Trump
is projected to be close to winning the Republican nomination after
back-to-back wins in Iowa and New Hampshire last month.
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