Donald J. Trump’s victory within the New Hampshire major on Tuesday supplied him the second of a gap pair of wins within the Republican nomination battle that accelerated his push for the celebration to coalesce behind him and deepened questions in regards to the path ahead for Nikki Haley, his lone remaining rival.
The defeat of Ms. Haley in New Hampshire got here eight days after the previous president trounced Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida so totally in Iowa that it drove Mr. DeSantis from the race. Mr. Trump and his allies have turned his twin early wins right into a milestone — declaring, after simply the primary two contests, that the celebration must unite behind him now to organize for a rematch in November between Mr. Trump and President Biden.
No Republican candidate has ever received the primary two states after which not in the end secured the presidential nomination, a indisputable fact that Mr. Trump himself famous in his victory speech in Nashua, N.H.
“Whenever you win Iowa and also you win New Hampshire, they’ve by no means had a loss — there’s by no means been — so we’re not going to be the primary, I can inform you,” Mr. Trump instructed the gang.
No matter what comes subsequent, the win on Tuesday sealed Mr. Trump’s standing because the celebration’s standard-bearer within the historical past books: Earlier than Mr. Trump, the one Republicans who’ve ever received each the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire major have been sitting presidents.
The race was referred to as on Tuesday evening by The Related Press the second the final polls closed, sapping any drama from the end result. Minutes later, Ms. Haley raced to talk first at her personal election celebration in Harmony, N.H., forcefully urgent her case that nominating Mr. Trump could be tantamount to conceding the final election to Democrats.
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