Trump wins in New Hampshire; Nikki Haley’s campaign on life support

Former President Donald Trump is projected to win the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, according to The Associated Press.

Trump led Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor who served as his ambassador to the United Nations, by a margin of 54.1 percent to 44.3 percent as of 10:30 p.m. Eastern time, with 63% of precincts reporting. In the raw vote count, Trump led by nearly 20,000 votes, with the margin expected to grow larger.

While that’s not the blowout victory Trump was hoping for, it’s also not a narrow enough margin for Haley to claim a moral victory. She is likely to remain in the race, at least for now, but polling data had suggested that New Hampshire was her best shot for an upset win over the former president. Trump appears to hold large leads in the next states to vote, including Nevada (a Feb. 8 caucus) and Haley’s home state of South Carolina (a Feb. 24 primary), where she trails Trump by at…