Nikki Haley has defeated Donald Trump in the Republican primary in Washington DC. This is her first victory over the former president in the 2024 campaign to become the Republican presidential nominee.
She was lost in South Carolina, her home state. But Haley is the first woman to win a Republican primary in US history. Trump still has a big lead over Haley and is likely to face Joe Biden in the November election.
Ms Haley, a former US ambassador to the UN, won 62.9% of the vote to Trump's 33.2%. It is seen as a largely symbolic victory, as the capital is a heavily Democratic jurisdiction, with only about 23,000 registered Republicans in the city. Local party officials said 2,035 Republicans participated in the primary, the Washington Post reported.
