Nikki Haley Pulls Off Unexpected Primary Upset in Vermont

In a Super Tuesday surprise, Nikki Haley won Vermont, notching the first—and potentially only—state primary victory of her 2024 presidential campaign.

Early returns had the former South Carolina governor neck-and-neck in the tiny state with Donald Trump, but she was able to open up a lead of over three percentage points over Trump as the final ballots came in. The Associated Press projected her the winner nearly four hours after polls closed Tuesday evening.

Worth only 17 delegates, the Vermont win won’t do much to help Haley catch up to Trump in the race for the GOP nomination, and she was getting defeated by wide margins in several other contests on Super Tuesday.

Read more at The Daily Beast.