Donald Trump cemented his status as the frontrunner in the Republican presidential race as he comfortably won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday.
The former president won 54 per cent of the vote in the state, with his only remaining rival Nikki Haley coming second with 43 per cent.
Having finished third in Iowa and second in New Hampshire, Ms Haley’s position is precarious. But she told supporters she is still in the fight – at least until South Carolina.
“This race is far from over,” she insisted. “South Carolina voters don’t want a coronation, they want an election. And we’re going to give them one.”
Mr Trump hit back at his one remaining serious rival, saying in his victory speech that she was an “impostor” who lost “very poorly”.
No Republican who won both Iowa and New Hampshire has ever lost the nomination battle. That historical data point is gold for Trump, now widely seen as the party’s presumptive flag-bearer heading into November.
Mr Trump’s former chief of staff said he had pulled off a remarkable comeback by winning both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.
“If you asked me a year ago, I thought there was no chance he could win,” Mick Mulvaney told BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme.
“January 6 was looming very large at the time. I thought his ceiling in the Republican party was 35 per cent and clearly its closer to something between 50 and 60.”
Mr Trump has a clear lead in the national polls. He has already seen off Ron DeSantis, who in January last year was polling less than 10 points behind him but pulled out of the race on Sunday after his campaign flatlined.
Mr Mulvaney added: “He managed to take this barrage of criminal investigations and turn them masterfully to his advantage, to make it look like the Biden administration was out to get their political opponents, and he has had a message which is very compelling.”
The race now turns to Nevada, where Trump is already claiming an all-but-certain victory, and next month to Haley’s home state of South Carolina, where he leads the former governor by some 30 percentage points.
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