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2024 Republican hopeful Nikki Haley suffered an embarrassing defeat Tuesday in Nevada’s GOP primary—but not to former President Donald Trump, who did not even appear on the ballot due to his participation in the state’s dueling caucus event.
Haley, the only major candidate, was instead beaten by voters who selected the option reading “none of these candidates,” according to multiple projections, including the Associated Press and NBC News.
The defeat will not affect her numerical standing–because the state’s caucus is technically the only contest to award delegates toward the Republican Party nomination–but it is a symbolic defeat that is sure to affect her standing among voters and make her already difficult path to victory even tougher to walk.