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Donald Trump Defeats Nikki Haley in the South Carolina GOP Primary

 Former President Donald Trump won a resounding victory in South Carolina’s GOP presidential primary on Saturday, NBC News projects, continuing a winning streak through each Republican nominating contest so far — and putting him in position to potentially clinch the party’s presidential nomination within the next month.

Defeat for former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is a blow in her home state. A total of 50 delegates were on the line in Saturday’s contest, which are split between the statewide winner and the winner of each congressional district.

And Trump’s dominant performance throughout the state allowed him to win nearly all of them, though Haley grabbed three delegates from South Carolina’s Charleston-based 1st Congressional District, NBC News projects.

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