Donald Trump favoured to win primary as Haley maintains momentum

Former US President Donald Trump is projected in many news outlets to win the New Hampshire primary. It’s the Republican Party’s second nomination contest in the race to choose a presidential candidate.

Trump used his victory speech Tuesday night to take aim at his rival former ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley.

Trump said ” She’s doing a speech like she won. She didn’t win. She lost.”

With 41.2 percent of the ballots counted, Trump won about 53 percent of the vote, while Haley secured nearly 46 percent.

This would be Haley’s second defeat. Trump beat her with a more than 30 point-margin in the Iowa caucuses last week. Haley is the last major Republican running against him. She says she’s not going anywhere.

Haley said” This race is far from over. There are dozens of states left to go. And the next one is my sweet state of South Carolina.”

Haley’s campaign heavily focused on New Hampshire, a large conservative base. Some news outlets are reporting her loss as a major blow for her.