KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Former President Donald Trump has secured yet another primary election victory, defeating former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in his seventh-straight win.
At about midday on March 2, the Associated Press called the race with less than half of the vote counted.
On Saturday afternoon, the Missouri Republican Party announced President Trump had won all 114 counties and the city of St. Louis.
“Missouri Republicans have spoken loud and clear today, affirming their trust in President Trump’s leadership and rejecting the failed policies of the Democrats in Washington,” Missouri Republican Party Chairman Nick Myers said in a release.
A statement from the party said Missouri’s Republicans are united in their unwavering commitment to supporting (President Trump) and his agenda for a stronger, safer, and more prosperous America.
This means the delegates chosen by the Missouri Republican Party on Saturday are pledged to support him at the state party’s congressional district conventions in April and the state GOP convention on May 4.
“Together, WE are going to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”
In an interview with The Epoch Times, Missouri Republican Party Chairman Nick Myers said more than 115 caucuses were set to take place on Saturday morning.
At those events, registered voters who signed a pledge stating they are “strong and faithful Republicans” stood up and voted with their feet heading to one side or another of the meeting space to indicate their support.
Because there was no presidential preference primary in Missouri in 2024, the caucuses chose the delegates who will ultimately pick the delegates who go to the RNC Convention in Milwaukee in July. All told, 54 delegates and 51 alternates will be chosen for the GOP’s nominating convention in the Badger State.
At one Republican caucus, in Clay County, Missouri, voters came out in force for the former president.
Out of the about 460 who attended the event at Oak Park High School in Kansas City, about 380 voted for President Trump. The caucus-goers and organizers who spoke with The Epoch Times ahead of the event all said they were going to pick the 45th president.
Keith Bennett of Kansas City, Missouri, said he would be caucusing for former President Donald Trump because “he’s our best chance to defeat (President Joe Biden).”
“I like the fact that he’s not really a politician. I don’t think he can be bought,” Mr. Bennett told The Epoch Times.
“I think he’s got some challenges ahead of him, clearly. But, I’m hopeful that he can unite people in a way that the standard politicians can’t.”
The Missouri Caucus was one of three statewide caucuses held on Saturday. A similar event is taking place in Idaho while Michigan is caucusing at its state party convention to finish the work begun by its statewide primary on Feb. 27.
President Trump won the Michigan primary with 68.1 percent of the vote. His last remaining major rival, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, won 26.6 percent of the vote.
Ms. Haley, in spite of poor returns at the ballot box, has pledged to stay in the race through so-called Super Tuesday.
The Haley campaign did not immediately release a statement about her Missouri performance. The candidate is in North Carolina on Saturday ahead of the state’s March 5 primary.
On March 1, the Haley campaign scooped up two endorsements from the Senate, with both Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) formally backing Ms. Haley. However, most of the GOP’s senators are endorsing President Trump.
On March 5, Super Tuesday, 15 states will hold primaries. In major national polls conducted in the past weeks, President Trump has enjoyed a major advantage over Ms. Haley.
The latest, conducted by YouGov Feb. 25–27, found President Trump has a 68 percent advantage over Ms. Haley with registered voters.
If President Trump secures his third straight Republican Party presidential nomination, it will set up a rematch of the 2020 presidential election between him and President Joe Biden.
