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US election: Donald Trump wins crushing victory in Nevada caucus
Former President Donald Trump has secured a decisive victory in the Nevada Republican caucus, winning by a significant margin. The only other contender listed on the ballot was Ryan Binkley, a pastor and businessman.
As a result of this win, Trump is set to claim all 26 delegates from Nevada, as per the party’s system for selecting its presidential nominee. Initial tallies reported by CNN indicated that the former president garnered over 98% of the total votes.
Speaking briefly at a victory celebration in Las Vegas, Donald Trump remarked, “If we win this state, we easily win the election in November.”
With victories in three states – Nevada, Iowa, and New Hampshire – Donald Trump has solidified his position as the presumptive Republican nominee for the upcoming general election in November. Additionally, he emerged triumphant in a Republican caucus held in the US Virgin Islands, an unincorporated territory.
Nikki Haley, the only remaining significant challenger in the race, opted out of participating in the Nevada caucus and instead focused on the state’s primary vote.
A dispute between the state Republican Party and the Democratic-controlled state legislature led to the holding of two separate ballots in Nevada.
Today’s pivotal primary: Donald Trump and his sole remaining GOP challenger Nikki Haley are facing off in New Hampshire’s 2024 primary as voters head to the polls to select a Republican nominee to take on Joe Biden in November.
Trump and Haley showdown: Trump is seeking to achieve another strong victory after his win in the Iowa caucuses to accelerate his march to the GOP nomination. Polls show Trump’s lead over Haley has widened to double digits in New Hampshire, but he faces a tougher race against her there as it remains to be seen who independent voters will back.
Biden is a write-in candidate: Biden, an incumbent who is all but guaranteed to be his party’s nominee, won’t appear on the New Hampshire primary ballot following an internal party dispute over the primary’s date. National Democrats made South Carolina the first official state on its nominating calendar, but New Hampshire’s party chose to stick with Tuesday’s state-run primary. No delegates will be awarded from the contest. Still, there is a campaign in the state to write in Biden’s name.
Trump and Haley go head-to-head in New Hampshire primary
On Tuesday, Donald Trump faces his final Republican challenger, Nikki Haley, in a crucial primary election in New Hampshire. The former president is aiming to secure a decisive victory and thwart Haley’s bid to become the Republican nominee.
Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, is banking on the support of New Hampshire’s independent voters to orchestrate an unexpected triumph.
This electoral showdown follows Trump’s overwhelming success in Iowa last week. The winner of the Republican primary will go on to compete against the Democratic nominee, presumably President Joe Biden, in the November US presidential elections.
The potential face-off between the 81-year-old Biden and the 77-year-old Trump mirrors the 2020 presidential race. In a peculiar turn of events, Democrats are participating in their primary in New Hampshire, but due to a dispute between national and local party officials, Biden is absent from the ballot—the first sitting president to encounter such an issue.
The Republican race narrowed to a two-way contest after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis finished a distant second in Iowa’s caucuses, subsequently withdrawing and endorsing Trump. Trump had already established a substantial lead in New Hampshire polls before DeSantis’ departure. Polls suggest that DeSantis’ supporters see Trump as the most viable alternative and best suited to face Biden in November.
A recent poll from Suffolk University and the Boston Globe revealed Trump’s commanding lead, with a 19-point advantage over Haley (57% to 38%). Another poll from Monmouth University and the Washington Post confirmed an 18-point lead for Trump (52% to 34%).
During a rally in Laconia, New Hampshire, on Monday night, Trump emphasised the need for significant victories to convey a message that the campaign is serious.”We have to win by big margins” he said.
November 18, 2022
7:17 am
Nancy Pelosi stands down as leader of the US House Democrats
Nancy Pelosi, who has led Democrats in the US House of Representatives for almost two decades, has announced she is standing down from the role.
She is the most powerful Democrat in Congress and the first woman to serve as speaker of the House.
Pelosi, 82, will continue to represent her California district in the lower chamber of Congress.
The Republican party are projected to take back control of the House, meaning Kevin McCarthy will likely to succeed Mrs Pelosi.
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“I never would have thought that someday I would go from homemaker to House speaker,” Mrs Pelosi said in a statement in the chamber on Thursday.
“I will not seek re-election to Democratic leadership in the next Congress. The hour has come for a new generation to lead the Democratic caucus,” she said.
Mrs Pelso will continue to serve as speaker until January when a new Congress takes over and will remain in the seat she first took up in 1987 until January 2025.
New York congressman Hakeem Jeffries is expected to take up the post in the House – it would make him the first black congressional leader in US history.
November 17, 2022
7:12 am
US midterms 2022: Republicans narrowly win the House
The Republican party has secured the 218 seats needed for the majority in the House of Representatives – a week after the midterm elections, CBS News projects.
The GOP was expected to win back the lower chamber of Congress, but it was expected they would win with a much bigger margin.
The party’s margin in the House may be razor-thin but it’s still enough to stall President Joe Biden’s agenda for the next two years.
Whilst the Republicans have taken back control of the House, the Democrats will keep control of the Senate – the upper chamber of Congress.
The Republicans had hoped to win control of both chambers – but the expected ‘red wave’ never happened, and instead, the GOP massively underperformed at the 2022 midterms.
California’s 27th district went to incumbent Mike Garcia – the seat needed to secure the House majority on Wednesday.
The Republican party is now projected to win between 218-223 in the 435-seat House, according to CBS.
But with votes in several cliffhanger races still being tallied, their majority may not be clear for days or even weeks.
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November 16, 2022
3:20 am
The former President is making a comeback to save America as he delivered his announcement at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida waterfront estate.
“In order to make America great and glorious again, I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States,” Trump said.
Former President Donald Trump, aiming to become only the second commander-in-chief ever elected to two nonconsecutive terms, announced Tuesday night that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.
The former President is making a comeback
Trump’s long-awaited campaign comes as the former president tries to reclaim the spotlight following the GOP’s underwhelming midterm elections performance – including the losses of several Trump-endorsed election deniers – and the subsequent blame game that has unfolded since Election Day.
Republicans failed to gain a Senate majority, came up short in their efforts to fill several statewide seats, and have yet to secure a House majority, with only 215 races called in their favor so far out of the 218 needed, developments that have forced Trump and other party leaders into a defensive posture as they face reproval from within their ranks.
Trump sends out first 2024 campaign email
He is still reeling from the loss in 2020
On Tuesday night, he acknowledged the losses his party suffered but didn’t challenge the results – a marked shift from how he has long treated his own loss in the 2020 presidential election, which he continues to say was stolen.
He did deflect blame for the 2022 results by saying that voters had “not yet realized the full extent and gravity of the pain our nation is going through,” and then predicted that by 2024 “the voting will be much different.”
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Trump’s paperwork has been filed with the Federal Election Committee establishing his candidacy and then made his announcement confirming the former President is making a comeback for the 2024 presidential elections.
Trump’s third presidential bid also coincides with a period of heightened legal peril as Justice Department officials investigating him and his associates revisit the prospect of indictments in their Trump-related probes.
The former president is currently being investigated for his activities before and during January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol and his retention of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate after he left office.
