Despite her early losses,Haley has said she would remain in the race at least through those contests,although she has declined to name any primary she felt confident she would win.
Following last week’sloss in her home state of South Carolina,Haley remained adamant that voters in the places that followed deserved an alternative to Trump despite his dominance thus far in the campaign.
The Associated Press declared Haley the winner after DC Republican Party officials released the results.
Washington is one of the most heavily Democratic jurisdictions in the nation,with only about 23,000 registered Republicans in the city. Democrat Joe Biden won the district in the 2020 general election with 92 per cent of the vote.
Haley held a rally in the nation’s capital on Friday before heading back to North Carolina and a series of states holding Super Tuesday primaries. She joked with more than 100 supporters inside a hotel ballroom,“Who says there’s no Republicans in DC,come on.”
“We’re trying to make sure that we touch every hand that we can and speak to every person,” Haley said.