Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks throughout a marketing campaign rally on Monday in Spartanburg, S.C. Haley has centered her marketing campaign consideration and assets on South Carolina, possible inflicting her loss in Nevada’s main Tuesday to “none of these candidates.”

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Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks throughout a marketing campaign rally on Monday in Spartanburg, S.C. Haley has centered her marketing campaign consideration and assets on South Carolina, possible inflicting her loss in Nevada’s main Tuesday to “none of these candidates.”

Meg Kinnard/AP

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley misplaced the Nevada main Tuesday as voters turned to the proverbial “none of the above” choice, in keeping with a race name by the Associated Press.

Haley, who is not going to be in competition throughout Thursday’s Republican caucus, which former President Donald Trump is predicted to win, might need picked up her first win of the marketing campaign in Nevada’s toothless main however it could have been solely symbolic.

Instead, the previous South Carolina governor must spin a loss in a main the place she was the one main candidate on the poll. Nevada voters have a “none of these candidates” choice on their main ballots which obtained the very best proportion of votes.

According to an NPR evaluation of information from the monitoring agency Ad Impact, Haley’s marketing campaign spent zero {dollars} promoting within the state of Nevada. She as an alternative has turned her focus after New Hampshire to her residence state of South Carolina, the place voters will take to the polls on the finish of the month.

For many Republican voters, although, consideration turns to Thursday within the Silver State.

That’s when the Nevada Republican Party will maintain its caucus, the official contest to win the delegates which can be essential to clinching the nomination.

Trump, who has hung out campaigning in Nevada and has urged voters to not take part within the main, will solely be an choice for caucusgoers on Thursday. Still, no legislation prohibits GOP voters from taking part in each contests.

The messaging from the state GOP social gathering runs counter to efforts from the Republican National Committee, which is instead urging Republicans to vote early in 2024.

Trump can be again in Las Vegas on Thursday for a caucus outcome watch social gathering — although he’s already anticipated to win as a result of he’s the one viable candidate within the caucus.