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What are the US primaries? Nikki Haley flops in Nevada primary despite Trump no-show

Source: Artie Walker Jr/AP

Despite having no serious rivals in the absence of Donald Trump, Nikki Haley was humiliated in the Nevada Republican primary.

The Associated Press estimated that she received far fewer votes than the "none of these candidates" option. Ms Haley got less than half (20,799 or 30.8 per cent) of the 42,534 votes that “none of these candidates” obtained, with 86 percent of the votes counted.

However, she did fare much better than former vice-president Mike Pence who collected 4% of the votes and Tim Scott on 1%.

Nevada Republicans have said success in

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