Former President Donald Trump has won the Nevada Republican caucus, NBC News projects. The Nevada Republican Party will award 26 delegates proportionally based on the results. Nevada may not seem competitive now, but come November it will be one of the most valuable prizes in the general presidential election. Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks at a Nevada Republican volunteer recruiting event at Fervent: A Calvary Chapel on July 8, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mario Tama | Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump has won the Nevada Republican caucus, NBC News projects.
Nevada is the first 2024 primary contest in the West, and come November it will be a closely-watched swing state.
In the 2020 general election, President Joe Biden won the state with just 50.1% of the vote, or slightly more than 33,000 votes in a state with 1.8 million registered voters.
Democrats have won Nevada in the past four presidential elections. But in 2022, a Republican, Joe Lombardo was elected governor. Lombardo has already endorsed Trump for president.
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