Eight days after crushing the competition in the low-turnout Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, former President Donald Trump quickly defeated former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, his last major rival for the Republican nomination, in the New Hampshire on Tuesday.
Fox News projected that Trump would win the primary just minutes after the final polls closed in New Hampshire. The primaries saw record turnout despite some reports that a lack of energy among voters would depress voting.
Here's a snapshot of where the battle to lead the Republican Party stands.
DELEGATES ACCOUNT AFTER NEW HAMPSHIRE:
- Win: 32
- Haley: 17
- DeSantis: 9
- Ramaswamy: 3
DELEGATES NEEDED TO WIN: 1,215
REMAINING DELEGATES: 2,368
Nikki Haley and Donald Trump. (Michael M. Santiago/Al Drago/Bloomberg)
A NEW VICTORY LAP: In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital's Brooke Singman following his victory, Trump said he was “very humbled” by the support he received from voters and declared that the Republican Party was “very united” behind his candidacy.
When asked if he felt Haley would suspend her campaign, he said, “I don't know. She should do it.”
“He should because otherwise we're going to have to keep wasting money instead of spending it on Biden,” Trump said. “If she doesn't drop out, we'll have to waste money instead of spending it on Biden, which is our focus.”
A NEW FOX NEWS VOTER ANALYSIS: He Fox News Voter Analysis A poll of more than 900 New Hampshire Democratic primary voters was released Wednesday. It shows that Democratic primary voters are not very enthusiastic about voting for President Biden in the general election. More than half (55%) of respondents said they would be satisfied with Biden as the eventual Democratic nominee, and 13% said they would be dissatisfied enough not to support him in the November election.
Biden and the Democratic National Committee found themselves at odds with New Hampshire Democrats after they attempted to strip New Hampshire of its coveted “first in the nation” status in the primary earlier this year. The DC Democratic machine attempted to make South Carolina the first state to hold a primary because Biden won there in 2020; that year he finished a dismal fifth place in New Hampshire. Democrats also believed that making South Carolina the first state to hold a primary would increase racial diversity in the electoral process.
ONE NEW ENDORSEMENT: Sen. John Kennedy, R-Madisonville, endorsed former President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
The most influential members of Louisiana's congressional delegation, House Majority Leader Steve ScaliseR-Jefferson, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Benton, had endorsed Trump weeks ago. Kennedy had previously told NOLA.com that he was waiting for the primary battle to play out, but after Trump's decisive victory in New Hampshire on Tuesday, he had seen enough. “Competition makes us all better, so I let the primaries play out, but this is over,” he posted on “I choose hope. I endorse President Trump and look forward to working with him.”
A NEW ULTIMATUM: Former President Trump announced that his presidential primary opponent's donors will be “excluded” from the “Make American Great Again” community. In a lengthy Truth Social tirade against former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, whom the former president called a “brain,” Trump vowed to reject any attempt by his donors to switch to his side.
“Nikki 'Birdbrain' Haley is very bad for the Republican Party and, indeed, for our country. Her false statements, disparaging comments and humiliating public losses are degrading to true American patriots,” the former president wrote. “Her anger should be directed at her third-rate political consultants and, most importantly, corrupt Joe Biden and those who are destroying our country, NOT THE PEOPLE WHO WILL SAVE IT.”
Wall Street billionaires Stanley Druckenmiller, Henry Kravis, Ken Langone and Cliff Asness are planning to co-host a fundraiser for Haley to keep her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination well-funded after the New Hampshire primary, according to a report from BloombergNews.
A KEY QUOTE:
“Now they've all heard the rumors among the political class. They're getting desperate saying this race is over. Well, I've got news for them all: New Hampshire is first in the nation. It's not last in the race. “This race is far from over. end,” former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said after her New Hampshire primary loss to former President Donald Trump.
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