Why AP called most Super Tuesday states for Trump and how Haley won Vermont: Race calls explained
By ROBERT YOON
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press was able to call almost every Republican Super Tuesday contest for former President Donald Trump after initial results revealed no path for former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley to overtake him. The AP declared Trump the winner across a dozen states shortly after polls closed, with Trump leading Haley in some places by margins of three- or four-to-one. That includes the contests in California and Texas, where the largest number of delegates were up for grabs in the GOP primary — and all were awarded to Trump. But AP called Vermont’s GOP primary for Haley when vote returns indicated she had opened a lead in the Democratic-leaning state that Trump would be unable to overcome.