Former President Donald Trump took home a second victory on Saturday, beating former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley in Idaho’s Republican caucuses.
The Associated Press called the caucus results on Saturday night just before 7 p.m. With 57 percent of the expected votes in, Trump had 84.3 percent of the vote to Haley’s 13.8 percent. Ron DeSantis, no longer in the race, collected 1.3 percent.
It is one of the last GOP events before Super Tuesday, which is on March 5.
Trump also won Missouri’s caucus on Saturday. The District of Columbia’s Republican presidential primary is scheduled for Sunday.
Also on Saturday, Michigan Republicans awarded all 39 of the state’s remaining presidential delegates to Trump during a convention.
Trump won Michigan’s Feb. 27 Republican primary, receiving 68 percent of the vote compared to Haley’s 27 percent. Michigan Republicans were forced to split their primary into two parts after Democrats who control the state government moved Michigan into the early primary states, violating the national Republican party’s rules.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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