Donald Trump cruised to victory in more than two-thirds of the states holding Republican primaries on Super Tuesday, on a night that is set to bring him to the brink of securing his party’s presidential nomination to face Joe Biden in this year’s White House race.
By 9.30pm Eastern Time, Trump had won 11 of the 15 states voting on Super Tuesday, a pivotal date on the primary calendar. The former president’s dominance will heap more pressure on his main rival, Nikki Haley, to abandon her bid.
So far Haley has only won a single primary in this year’s Republican nominating contest, in the District of Columbia, the seat of the US capital. Four more states, including California, will declare their results later on Tuesday.