A guide to Nevada's two different GOP nominating contests
Next week, Donald Trump will be competing in Nevada's GOP caucuses on Feb. 8 , while Nikki Haley is on the ballot for the state’s Feb. 6 primary.
Happening this Tuesday: President Biden travels to Florida, where he hits two campaign fundraisers… Donald Trump’s top campaign advisers release memo arguing Nikki Haley has no real viable path to GOP nomination… Haley was targeted in two swatting incidents in the last month, while a pro-Haley super PAC airs a new TV ad in South Carolina… And House Republicans hold hearing on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
But FIRST… Consider how bizarre it would be if the remaining two major Republican presidential candidates were competing in two different contests in the same state — on two different dates.
And consider if Republican voters could participate in BOTH contests.
Well, that’s precisely what’s happening in Nevada next week, when former President Donald Trump will be competing in the state’s GOP caucuses on Feb. 8 (which will be awarding delegates for the presidential nomination), while former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is on the ballot for the state’s Feb. 6 primary (which will not).
Confused? Here’s a helpful explainer to make sense of next week’s dual contests in Nevada:
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