Breaking news that we've been promising to bring to our
viewers and that is the news out of Washington DC
The results are in and as expected in the Republican
primary,
Nikki Haley is the projected winner of the District of
Columbia,
19 delegates awarded out of 19.
Let's crossover now to NBC News DC correspondent Bree Jackson
with more.
So we we have been expecting these results.
They came in, you were in the room when they
were announced.
Tell us a little bit about the reaction.
So it was a mixed reaction here.
There was a bit, a little bit of a that
we heard when the numbers were announced.
What we do know is Nikki Haley won 62%
or more than 62% of the vote here in the
Republican primary in Washington DC Now this was seen as
Nikki Halley's best chance to pick up a win against
former President Trump. It's an urban area with a relatively
high number of college educated voters,
which has been one of Nikki Haley's strongest and most
consistent.
Demographics so far now. Back in 2020 and Trump did
win the DC primary in an uncontested race,
but in 2016 he came in a distant third to
Senator Marco Rubio.
Now Halley's team hopes tonight's win is a momentum builder
heading into Super Tuesday on Super Tuesday this week.