As expected, Donald Trump dominated the Super Tuesday GOP primaries.

Out of 13 primaries and two caucuses, Trump won every state except one.

Haley’s lone victory came in Vermont, which holds an open primary.

“Nikki Haley squeaks out a primary victory in the open primary state of Vermont. Leftwing groups have been encouraging Democrat voters in open primaries to switch parties and vote for Haley in the primary,” Charlie Kirk noted.

VTDigger reports:

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley won her first state in the Republican presidential primary on Tuesday — and it happened in Vermont.

Haley was leading former President Donald Trump 49.3% to 45.2% late Tuesday, according to unofficial results from the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office, with all but eight municipalities reporting. The Associated Press called the race for Haley at 10:37 p.m.

Though she prevailed in the Green Mountains on Super Tuesday — when Vermont and 14 other states held primary elections — Haley was trounced elsewhere, including the nearby New England states of Massachusetts and Maine. Trump continued to rack up delegates to the Republican National Convention and seemed ever closer to clinching his party’s nomination. Prior to Tuesday, Haley had won only the District of Columbia.

Still, her victory in Vermont demonstrated once again how deeply unpopular Trump is in the state. In the 2020 general election, he won just 31% of the vote and in the 2016 election 30%.

Haley capitalized on that anti-Trump sentiment — and the state’s open primary system — to notch the win. Vermonters cannot formally register with a political party and are free to take Republican or Democratic presidential primary ballots. Many Democrats and independents in the state appeared to pull Republican ballots on Tuesday to vote against Trump — and for Haley.

“We’re honored to have received the support of millions of Americans across the country today, including in Vermont where Nikki became the first Republican woman to win two presidential primary contests. Unity is not achieved by simply claiming ‘we’re united.’ Today, in state after state, there remains a large block of Republican primary voters who are expressing deep concerns about Donald Trump. That is not the unity our party needs for success. Addressing those voters’ concerns will make the Republican Party and America better,” Nikki Haley’s campaign said in a statement.

From The Hill:

The victory delivers Haley her biggest win since the start of the GOP primary season. Until Tuesday, the only GOP nominating contest she won was in Washington, D.C.

Seventeen delegates are up for grabs on the Republican side in Vermont.

Meanwhile, Biden was projected to win the Vermont Democratic primary; Democrats are expected to dominate the state this fall given that Biden beat Trump in 2020 there by more than 35 points.

After the expected lackluster performance, reports indicate Nikki Haley will drop out of the race Wednesday morning.

Nikki Haley Expected To Drop Out Today, Report Claims

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