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- Donald Trump defeated Nikki Haley in South Carolina’s Republican primary, the fourth state-level contest in the party’s 2024 presidential nomination race.
- The former president was declared the victor within minutes of the polls closing at 7pm local time (00:00 GMT) and quickly took the stage for a speech denouncing the “horrors” the US faces.
- The win came in Haley’s home state, where she served as governor from 2011 to 2017.
- Trump became the first non-incumbent candidate to sweep the first four races in the primary season, cementing his frontrunner status.
- Haley has nevertheless restated her intention to continue campaigning until Super Tuesday, a day with 15 state primaries: “I’m a woman of my word.”