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President Donald Trump swept to three more victories on Tuesday night in the GOP primaries of Florida, Illinois, and Ohio, continuing his winning streak even after securing the delegates needed last week to secure the Republican presidential primary nomination.
According to The New York Times, Trump won both Florida and Ohio by a projected dozens of points. Interestingly, with 89 percent of the vote in, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) netted the least amount of support in the race. Both he and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley dropped out of the race long ago, but Floridians seemed to favor Haley over their own governor (14 percent to 3 percent at 8:17 p.m. ET).
In Ohio at the same time, Trump was up by 51 points over Haley in the state GOP primary with 21 percent of the votes in, per the NYT.
And, with under three percent of the votes in, Trump swept to victory in the great state of Illinois, besting Haley at 69 points against her 25 points just moments after the race was called by the outlet. The margin was still updating at 8:21 p.m. ET.
President Trump is the only remaining presidential candidate in the Republican race, so it was expected that he would win these primary races. However, it serves as an stark reminder that he is the leader of the Republican Party and that he is on a rocket-propelled path toward the general election in November.