(Bismarck) Donald Trump won the Republican presidential caucuses in North Dakota on Monday, adding to his winning streak heading into Super Tuesday.
The former president finished first in a vote conducted at 12 caucus sites, ahead of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley.
The result puts Trump back on track to victory, which was briefly interrupted Sunday when Haley notched her first victory of the campaign in the District of Columbia primary.
White House candidates now turn their attention to Super Tuesday, when results will flood in from 16 states and one territory in contests that represent the largest delegate haul of any day in the primary presidential. Trump and President Joe Biden, a Democrat, are dominating the primaries and are on track to win their nominations later this month.
Under North Dakota rules, candidates are eligible to win delegates if they finish with at least 20% of the vote. However, a candidate who wins at least 60% of the vote receives all 29 state delegates.
Four candidates were on the ballot, including Trump and Nikki Haley. The other candidates, who received little attention, were Florida businessman David Stuckenberg and Texas businessman and pastor Ryan Binkley, who recently ended his campaign.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who ended his unsuccessful presidential campaign in December, was speaking on Trump’s behalf Monday evening. He endorsed Trump before the Iowa caucuses.
“I think we’re going to send a message that will be a kickoff for tomorrow, that President Donald Trump is going to put an end to this, that this will be the end of the trail and we can say that we have a candidate, and then let’s go beat Joe Biden in the fall,” Burgum said in a virtual speech to caucus attendees.
Karen Groninger, a retired music teacher and librarian of Almont, said Monday that she voted for Trump, calling him the better choice. The 76-year-old cited Trump’s 2020 speech at the annual March for Life anti-abortion event in Washington, D.C. — the first by a sitting president — and his border policies.
Longtime Republican Sen. Dick Dever of Bismarck said he voted for Mme Haley, but added that she was unlikely to win.