WASHINGTON: Presidential contenders Donald Trump and Nikki Haley will face off within the Washington, DC, Republican main on Sunday (Mar 3), a small-stakes contest that might be considered one of Haley’s finest pictures to attain a win over the previous president.
The USA’ capital metropolis solely sends 19 out of two,429 delegates to the Republican Nationwide Conference in July, the place the nominee is formally chosen. Sunday’s outcomes are unlikely to vary the trajectory of a race that Trump seems to have stitched up, having gained all of the earlier nominating contests.
Nonetheless, the District of Columbia, as DC is formally recognized, might be unusually fertile territory for Haley, stated a high-ranking official at SFA Fund, the principle tremendous PAC supporting Haley’s bid.
Over the last aggressive Republican nominating contest in DC in 2016, Trump obtained lower than 14 per cent of the vote and no delegates, whilst he went on to win the nomination nationally.
