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The Silver State win would secure 26 delegates for Trump, his largest single delegate haul thus far, and a third electoral victory heading into a Republican primary in South Carolina later this month that could seal the 2024 Republican nomination for the former president. 

Thursday's vote comes after months of confusion over the decision by state Republican Party leaders to hold the caucus in tandem with a nonbinding state-run primary required by state law.

Two days after Nikki Haley's campaign was outvoted 2-1 in Nevada's non-binding presidential primary in favor of no one, Nevada Republicans will gather tonight to declare former President Donald Trump a unanimous winner in the state's party-run caucus. 

The political dynamics now offer Democrats the opportunity to message their willingness to fund border agencies and curb the asylum system while painting Republicans — who have long made securing the border a campaign issue — as the obstacle to doing so.

Haley ignored Nevada this election cycle, making no official visits, and instead focused on other early nominating contests. In the Iowa caucuses, she placed third behind Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and she placed second in New Hampshire (DeSantis dropped out after Iowa).

The win is the president's second in just three days. Biden won South Carolina's primary on Saturday with more than 96 percent of the vote, as well as a potentially unofficial contest in New Hampshire late last month as a write-in candidate with nearly 64 percent of the vote.

Nevadans weigh in about their choices in the state-run presidential primary.

With top GOP officials recommending Republican voters to select "none of these candidates" in the primary — something Gov. Joe Lombardo said he'd do as he planned to caucus for Trump — the protest choice could also disrupt a Haley victory.

This isn't Burgess' first time working in elections and it isn't even her first time following a predecessor who left as a result of the difficult working conditions registrars and clerks have faced since the Big Lie — the baseless conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was stolen thanks to massive voter fraud. 

The third-party presidential candidate cast himself as the person who can bring back faith in the nation's political system.

Biden also spent much of the speech touting accomplishments from his first three years in office, including promoting a $3 billion federal investment for a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Southern California.

Without a caucus to run — which requires significant money and time — and with an uncompetitive primary, Biden's staff can focus exclusively on building out a volunteer operation and testing their messaging early into the cycle.

"And Nevadans, I think, will decide whether there's enough of a base of support for me to continue," Williamson told The Nevada Independent on Saturday.

Though somewhat overshadowed by the presidential race, Rosen and Nevada's three House Democrats have continued to raise money at a similar pace to the 2022 election cycle — a record-setting midterm in Nevada for election spending.

Though the vast majority of those ballots were not cast, mail ballots were the main driver behind record turnout, making up 80 percent of turnout in the Democratic primary and 75 percent of turnout in the Republican primary.

At an East Las Vegas rally, Vice President Kamala Harris said former President Donald Trump represents a "profound threat" to our freedoms and our democracy.

Trump, speaking Saturday, said Haley's New Hampshire support came from non-Republicans, and warned Nevadans against "wasting your time" on the state-run primary.

Although their candidacy does not become official until the filing period that begins March 4, candidates for local government offices have already begun fundraising.

Biden's visit will be two days before the Feb. 6 primary, which he is expected to win handily, and come on the heels of Vice President Kamala Harris' Jan. 27 visit to gin up excitement for the ticket at the onset of early voting.

In the three months since filing closed, Nevada's presidential caucus field has collapsed, and the number of candidates appearing on Nevada's caucus ballot has continually winnowed. All are now off the ballot except for Donald Trump — and Ryan Binkley.