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Mar 06, 2024 at 09:28 AM EST

Haley expected to drop out of race

Good morning. Nikki Haley is set to deliver remarks from South Carolina in about 30 minutes. The former U.N. ambassador is expected to drop out of the 2024 GOP presidential race after a disappointing Super Tuesday. Her expected announcement will officially tee up President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump for a 2020 rematch in November.

Haley has run an impressive campaign– making history as the first Republican woman to win two presidential primary contests. The former SC governor beat Trump in GOP contests Tuesday in Vermont and Sunday in Washington, D.C.

Results: Two final results overnight– Donald Trump won the GOP contests in Alaska and Utah, where 29 and 40 delegates were at stake, respectively.

Mar 06, 2024 at 12:22 AM EST

Haley ‘honored’ by support as she makes history

Nikki Haley did not hold any public events tonight, nor deliver any remarks, but a campaign spokesperson said the GOP candidate was honored to be the first Republican woman to win two presidential primary contests.

"Today, in state after state, there remains a large block of Republican primary voters who are expressing deep concerns about Donald Trump," spokesperson Olivia Perez-Cubas said in a statement, according to the Associated Press. "That is not the unity our party needs for success."

Haley won the GOP primary in Vermont tonight as well as the Washington, D.C. primary on Sunday.

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Mar 06, 2024 at 12:11 AM EST

CA Senate race: Adam Schiff, Steve Garvey advance to general election

Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey will advance to the general election for U.S. Senate in California.

The highly contested– and very expensive– race in California is for the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein's seat.

California puts all candidates on the primary ballot, regardless of party, and the top two vote-getters advance to the general election. So Garvey, a former baseball star, will face off against Schiff in November. Several prominent House Democrats were also in the race, including Barbara Lee and Katie Porter.

Mar 06, 2024 at 12:01 AM EST

All polls are closed

It's midnight on the East Coast. Polls are now closed in Alaska, the final of the night. We're also still waiting for results from the GOP contest in Utah.

Mar 05, 2024 at 11:51 PM EST

Map: GOP delegates by state

Mar 05, 2024 at 11:50 PM EST

Kevin McCarthy hopes Haley joins future administration

Kevin McCarthy hopes Nikki Haley will play a prominent role in the future of the Republican Party, even if she loses the 2024 presidential nomination to former President Donald Trump.

The former House Speaker praised the former South Carolina governor's "tremendous campaign" during an interview with Fox News tonight.

"Nikki Haley has a bright future because either one of the two men who are up for the nomination this time to win can only serve one term," McCarthy said, referring to Trump and President Joe Biden.

"So I think she has a very bright future and I would hope she'd be part of the future administration," he added.

Mar 05, 2024 at 11:30 PM EST

List: Projected results by state

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are dominating Super Tuesday– so far both candidates are projected to win all but one contest in their respective primaries.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley won the GOP primary in Vermont, and candidate Jason Palmer won the American Samoa Democratic caucuses over Biden.

Votes are still being counted in Utah's GOP contest and polls close in about 30 minutes in Alaska. Here's where things stand:

GOP contests Trump is projected to win:

GOP contests Haley is projected to win:

GOP contests not called yet:

Democratic contests Biden is projected to win:

*Biden's only loss was the U.S. territory of American Samoa

Mar 05, 2024 at 11:15 PM EST

Trump to win California

Former President Donald Trump has picked up another win in California tonight.

Trump to win CA

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California provides the largest haul of delegates for both parties– 424 pledged delegates for Democrats and 169 delegates for Republicans.

President Joe Biden will also win California, as he continues sailing towards the Democratic nomination.

Mar 05, 2024 at 11:01 PM EST

Polls closing out west

It's 11 p.m. ET. Polls are now closed in California, where for Republicans, there's 169 delegates up for grabs.

GOP caucuses are closing in Utah at 11 p.m. and in Alaska at midnight ET.

Mar 05, 2024 at 10:40 PM EST

Nikki Haley to win Vermont

Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will win Vermont, the Associated Press projects. This marks her first win of the night over Donald Trump.

The result has been the longest wait of the night so far, being called more than three and a half hours after polls closed.

With 83% reporting, Haley garnered 49.7% to Trump's 46%, AP reports. It was a razor-thin race; Haley is ahead by about 2,500 votes or 3.7%.

This marks the second contest Haley has won of the 2024 primary cycle, after D.C. on Sunday. There are 17 delegates available to Republicans in Vermont.

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Mar 05, 2024 at 10:18 PM EST

Watch: Trump takes the stage at Mar-a-Lago

Former President Donald Trump has taken the stage at his watch party inside Mar-a-Lago amid his sweeping win tonight.

Trump at Super Tuesday watch party

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"This has been a day we've been waiting for," Trump said from the podium.

During his speech, Trump took aim at the current border crisis and economy, saying inflation is destroying the middle class.

"Right now our country is known as a joke," he said, adding other leaders "can't believe what happened to us."

Trump said Nov. 5 is right around the corner and will go down as the "single most important day in the history of our country."

Watch below:

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Mar 05, 2024 at 09:58 PM EST

Biden loses in American Samoa

President Joe Biden has lost one race: the Democratic presidential caucus in American Samoa.

Jason Palmer, a Baltimore-based investor, won the contest in the U.S. territory. Results show Palmer with 51 votes to Biden's 40, the Associated Press reports. There were six delegates available; however, the territory doesn't have electoral votes in the general election. In 2020, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg won the Democratic primary in American Samoa.

Here's more on Palmer.

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Mar 05, 2024 at 09:46 PM EST

Trump, Haley Just 358 Votes Apart in Vermont

Former President Donald Trump is poised to all but sweep the Super Tuesday GOP primaries, but pundits are watching what's becoming a virtual tie in Vermont.

Polls closed in Vermont at 7 p.m. ET, but the Republican presidential primary race there still is too close to call.

With 54% of precincts reporting at 9:45 p.m. ET, the results are only getting clsoer. Only 358 votes separate Trump and Haley in Vermont, or just .9%.

MAGA Blasts Haley

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Mar 05, 2024 at 09:36 PM EST

Trump, Biden to win Minnesota

Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are projected to win their respective primaries in Minnesota.

Mar 05, 2024 at 09:13 PM EST

Trump wins GOP presidential primary in Colorado

Donald Trump continues sweeping GOP presidential primaries on this Super Tuesday. The former president will win the contests in Colorado and Arkansas, the Associated Press projects.

The Colorado win is significant as just yesterday, the Supreme Court allowed his name to appear on the primary ballot in states that have challenged his presidential candidacy.

In an opinion issued Monday, the Court sided with Trump in the 14th Amendment challenge from Colorado, overturning the state Supreme Court's decision that he was ineligible for the ballot because of his role in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is projected to win the Democratic presidential primaries in Texas and Colorado.

Mar 05, 2024 at 09:03 PM EST

Trump to take Texas, and its 161 delegates

Former President Donald Trump will win the GOP presidential primary in Texas, multiple outlets project. There were 161 delegates at stake in Texas.

Trump takes TX

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Trump and Biden made dueling visits to the U.S.-Mexico border last week. Trump visited Eagle Pass, Texas, where he was accompanied by Gov. Greg Abbott. Abbott slammed Biden for not caring about the border. Biden also won the Democratic primary in Texas tonight.

Mar 05, 2024 at 08:57 PM EST

Trump wins three more GOP primaries

Donald Trump is projected to win the Republican presidential primaries in Massachusetts, Maine and Alabama, according to the Associated Press.

Joe Biden continues to easily win his contests, taking the Democratic presidential primaries in Massachusetts, Maine, Alabama and Arkansas, AP projects.

Mar 05, 2024 at 08:36 PM EST

Polls close in Arkansas

Polls just closed in Arkansas, at 8:30 p.m. ET. There are 40 delegates at stake for the Republican candidates and 31 delegates for the Democrats.

Polls close next in Colorado and Minnesota at 9 p.m. ET.

Polls close in Arkansas

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Mar 05, 2024 at 08:21 PM EST

Trump, Biden win respective primaries in Oklahoma

Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are projected to win their respective primaries in Oklahoma.

Mar 05, 2024 at 08:10 PM EST

Trump, Biden win respective primaries in Tennessee

Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are projected to win their respective primaries in Tennessee.

Mar 05, 2024 at 08:03 PM EST

Trump wins GOP primary in North Carolina

Former President Donald Trump wins the Republican presidential primary in North Carolina. There were 74 delegates at stake.

Trump wins NC

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In Florida, crowds have gathered inside Mar-a-Lago for Trump's watch party.

Trump's watch party

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Mar 05, 2024 at 07:56 PM EST

Polls about to close in several states

At 8 p.m. ET, polls will close in the following states: Alabama, Maine, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and most locations in Texas.

Arkansas polls close at 8:30 p.m.

Mar 05, 2024 at 07:44 PM EST

Biden will win Democratic primary in North Carolina

Joe Biden is projected to win the Democratic primary in North Carolina.

Mar 05, 2024 at 07:43 PM EST

Pictures: Super Tuesday polling sites

Mar 05, 2024 at 07:29 PM EST

Trump will win GOP presidential primary in Virginia

Former President Donald Trump will win the GOP presidential primary in Virginia, several outlets project.

Virginia Trump

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Mar 05, 2024 at 07:15 PM EST

Biden wins Democratic primaries in Virginia, Vermont

Joe Biden will win the Democratic presidential primaries in Virginia and Vermont, several outlets project.

Mar 05, 2024 at 07:06 PM EST

Trump hosting watch party at Mar-a-Lago

What are the top presidential candidates doing?

Former President Donald Trump is hosting a watch party tonight at Mar-a-Lago.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is among those in attendance. The GOP frontrunner been posting campaign videos on Truth Social this evening and wrote: "GREAT VOTER ENTHUSIASM TODAY. THAT IS A VERY GOOD THING!"

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Nikki Haley does not have any public events scheduled tonight. The former U.N. ambassador last posted on her X account about an hour ago:

"81% of Americans don't think their kids will have as good of a life as they do. That's unacceptable. We have to right this ship and make sure all of our kids are able to achieve their American Dreams," she wrote.

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President Joe Biden has been posting about his administration's new rule, rolled out today, to crack down on credit card late fees. He also posted a picture preparing for Thursday's State of the Union.

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Mar 05, 2024 at 07:02 PM EST

First polls close

Polls have just closed in Vermont and Virginia. Polls will close next in North Carolina at 7:30 ET.

Mar 05, 2024 at 06:21 PM EST

California: The race to fill the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s seat

We're watching several key races out of California, including the race for the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein's seat.

Several prominent House Democrats are in the race: Reps. Adam Schiff, Barbara Lee and Katie Porter. They group is working to fend off Republican Steve Garvey, a former baseball star, who may have drummed up enough support to get to November.

California puts all candidates on the primary ballot, regardless of party, and the top two vote-getters advance to the general election.

A recent UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll shows Garvey winning more support than any other candidate in the race. The poll, released Friday, shows 27% of likely voters supporting Garvey, 25% supporting Schiff, 19% for Porter and 8% for Lee.

California Super Tuesday voters

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Mar 05, 2024 at 06:07 PM EST

Biden projected to win Iowa Democratic caucus

Just in: President Joe Biden is projected to be the clear winner in Iowa's Democratic caucus. The state's Democratic party released the unofficial results this evening from the vote, which was all mail-in.

Biden in Iowa

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Mar 05, 2024 at 05:31 PM EST

What Biden-Trump polls look like eight months before election

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are still neck and neck in the polls ahead of November's election, but voters appear more concerned about the issues surrounding the president than his expected Republican challenger.

With eight months to go before what looks set to be a rematch of the 2020's race, Biden narrowly beats Trump in two of the last six serious surveys, Trump leads in three and one is tied, according to FiveThirtyEight's collection of national polls.

When broken down further, the polls suggest that potential voters are more concerned with the age of the 81-year-old president, than they are with the 77-year-old Republican.

Surveys also suggest Americans believe that Trump will be better at handling the economy than Biden and Trump's legal issues have apparently still not damaged his White House hopes.

Read more from Newsweek's Ewan Palmer here.

Mar 05, 2024 at 05:23 PM EST

GOP strategist: The two states Trump should watch tonight

North Carolina and Virginia are the two states that former President Donald Trump should watch on Super Tuesday, a Republican strategist says.

Doug Heye, a GOP strategist and former communications director for the Republican National Committee (RNC), said both Trump and President Joe Biden are "vulnerable" in the 2024 election.

"That's why this electorate is so nervous moving forward," Heye told CNN. "Of all the states that are in there, North Carolina and Virginia are sort of the only two that are swing states. Watching those results, North Carolina is gonna come in pretty late by the way."

Mar 05, 2024 at 05:03 PM EST

National polls: Trump vs. Haley

Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley won her first Republican primary in Washington, D.C. Sunday– becoming the first woman to win a GOP primary in U.S. history.

So what does support for the former U.N. ambassador look like against former President Donald Trump?

As of today, FiveThirtyEight's national polling average tracker shows Trump with 77.5% support, over Haley's 15.7%.

In a Fox News interview this morning, Haley argued that she's the candidate who can beat President Joe Biden in November.

"This is about winning elections so that we can get our country back on track: paying down our debt, securing our border, preventing war, and getting our kids reading again," Haley wrote on X Tuesday morning.

"We can't do that if we don't win. And we can't win with Donald Trump at the top of the ticket."

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Mar 05, 2024 at 04:46 PM EST

Trump is losing white evangelicals to Biden

Former President Donald Trump appears to be losing support among white evangelicals to President Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential race.

Fox News asked white evangelical voters who they would vote for, if the election were held today. Here's how polling has changed over the last few months:

While Trump still clearly leads among this group of voters, support is growing for Biden, according to Fox's polling.

Why does it matter? White evangelicals' support in the 2016 and 2020 elections was crucial for Trump. He secured a formidable alliance with White evangelical Christians, who gravitated toward him for his stance on abortion and religious freedom. Trump pledged to champion evangelical causes, appoint conservative judges, and protect religious liberties.

Read more from Newsweek's Matt Impelli below.

Mar 05, 2024 at 04:18 PM EST

Which states are voting today?

Voters still have a few more hours to cast thier ballots on this Super Tuesday. Fifteen states and one territory are holding contests today, and Iowa's Democratic Party will release caucus results at 6 p.m. ET, which were all mail-in.

Contests are being held in:

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