According to media reports, Donald Trump won the Republican Party's internal elections in the two new US states of Missouri and Michigan on Saturday, bringing him a step closer to the nomination for the presidential election in November.
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According to the New York Times, the Republican billionaire defeated his rival Nikki Haley in Missouri by winning every caucus held in the state. And in Michigan, Trump won the 39 elected delegates in a caucus attended by around 2,000 activists, CNN reported. Earlier this week, the former president had already won Michigan's remaining 16 delegates, which were determined in a primary.
Republicans in a third state, Idaho, also voted to nominate their candidate on Saturday, but the result was not immediately announced.
The votes in Missouri, Michigan and Idaho were hybrid internal elections with different rules that in some cases reflected discord and tension despite the influence of Donald Trump.
The former president has won every primary election so far. His new victories on Saturday come three days before Super Tuesday on March 5, a crucial meeting in which 15 states organize their Democratic and Republican primaries simultaneously. Democratic Presidents Joe Biden and Donald Trump are almost guaranteed to be nominated by their respective parties.