As expected, Donald Trump has handily won Michigan’s GOP presidential primary. At the time of this writing, with 13 percent of the precincts reporting, Trump is ahead of Nikki Haley by over 30 points.
Michigan has both a state-run primary and a caucus. As Susie Moore wrote earlier,
The Great Lakes State is holding both Democrat and Republican primaries today, but there’s one twist:
On Tuesday, Michigan will hold a primary election open to all registered voters. Then, on Saturday, March 2, the Michigan Republican Party will hold a caucus convention.
But unlike Nevada — which had a similar situation for Republicans earlier this month — both contests will count toward the GOP nomination for president.
The Republican primary will award 16 delegates, while the caucus convention will allocate another 39.
So Tuesday’s vote won’t be the ultimate say in who earns the GOP delegates. The…
