{"id":1743,"date":"2024-01-19T01:41:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T01:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/19\/state-of-the-2024-republican-primary-where-the-race-stands\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T01:41:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T01:41:55","slug":"state-of-the-2024-republican-primary-where-the-race-stands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/19\/state-of-the-2024-republican-primary-where-the-race-stands\/","title":{"rendered":"State of the 2024 Republican primary: Where the race stands"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2024 Republican primary is in full swing, as former President Donald Trump<\/a> continues to hold a commanding lead over Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here’s a snapshot of where the battle to lead the Republican Party stands.\u00a0<\/p>\n

DELEGATE COUNT<\/strong><\/a> AFTER IOWA:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

DELEGATES NEEDED TO WIN:<\/strong> 1,215\u00a0<\/p>\n

DELEGATES REMAINING:<\/strong> 2,389 <\/p>\n

ONE NEW POLL:<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>New polling from New Hampshire shows Trump holding a double-digit lead over Haley in what is largely a two-person race for the Granite State. The poll shows Trump garnering 50% support among those likely to vote in next Tuesday’s New Hampshire GOP presidential primary. Haley is in second with 36% support, and DeSantis is a distant third at 6%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ONE NEW ENDORSEMENT:<\/strong><\/a> Texas Sen. Ted Cruz endorsed Donald Trump for president Tuesday night and called for the country to unify behind the Republican front-runner.<\/p>\n

“I am proud to endorse Donald Trump for President of the United States,” Cruz said on “Hannity.” “I look forward to supporting him enthusiastically.”<\/p>\n

ONE KEY QUOTE:<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2024 Republican primary is in full swing, as former President Donald Trump continues to hold a commanding lead over Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.\u00a0 Here’s a snapshot of where the battle to lead the Republican Party stands.\u00a0 DELEGATE COUNT AFTER IOWA:\u00a0 DELEGATES NEEDED TO WIN: 1,215\u00a0 DELEGATES … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}