Republicans in North Dakota to gather for party caucuses on eve of Super Tuesday

By Fox News Staff Fox News

Published January 18, 2024 8:35pm ESTUpdated March 4, 2024 9:02am EST

Nikki Haley: We are going to go as long as we are ‘competitive’

Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin reports from Portland, Maine where Nikki Haley is set to hold a rally ahead of the state’s Republican primary election.

SUPER TUESDAY COUNTDOWN: 

The Republican presidential nominating contest will reach its apex on March 5, when 16 states will hold primaries and more than 800 GOP delegates will be up for grabs. 

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley notched her first victory of the 2024 primary campaign on Sunday, besting former President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., and capturing nearly 63% of the vote, according to an Associated Press call of the race about 90 minutes after polls closed. 

The Haley campaign looks to carry the momentum to Monday’s contest in North Dakota, where 29 delegates are up for grabs.

On Saturday, Republican delegates in three stateswere awarded to Trump as Idaho and Missouri held caucuses and Michigan allocated additional delegates in its Republican state convention – days after it held its primary.

Here’s a look at the state of the race heading into Super Tuesday:

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GOP DELEGATE COUNT: 

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and former President Donald Trump (Getty Images)

DEMOCRAT DELEGATE COUNT:

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President Biden and Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn. (AP Photo)

ONE BIG DECISION:  On Monday morning, SCOTUS released a unanimous decision to return Donal Trump to the ballot in Colorado. “We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office. But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency,” the Court wrote.

The 9-0 decision will likely impact efforts to remove Trump from the ballot in several other states.

ONE NEW FIRST: Haley’s first primary win in Washington, D.C. on Sunday means she will walk away with 19 delegates. D.C. represented Haley’s possible best shot at notching a victory and ending Trump’s undefeated primary streak. While Trump won the district in an uncontested 2020 primary, he finished a distant third behind Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich during the 2016 primary. The district also leans heavily Democrat, with President Biden garnering 92% of the Washington, D.C., vote in the 2020 election.

ONE NEW BACKTRACK: With Trump’s status as the clear front-runner in seemingly little danger, Haley was asked Sunday on “Meet the Press” whether she planned to support the former president if he secures the GOP nomination, something the former South Carolina governor refused to commit to despite an earlier pledge.

“If you talk about an endorsement, you’re talking about a loss. I don’t think like that,” Haley said when asked if she felt bound by an RNC pledge to support the eventual nominee. “What I can tell you is I don’t think Donald Trump or Joe Biden should be president.”

ONE KEY QUOTE: 

“When you’re in a race, you don’t think about losing.”—  —Nikki Haley on ‘Meet the Press’

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Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser, Chris Pandolfo, Jamie Joseph, Andrew Miller, Bradford Betz, Michael Lee and Thomas Phippen contributed to this report.