Nevada caucuses kick off: Trump expected to sweep Republican delegates after Haley loses symbolic primary

Washington — Republican voters in Nevada will have another chance to vote for their preferred presidential candidate in Thursday's caucuses, and former President Donald Trump will be on the ballot this time. 

The state hosted Republican and Democratic primaries on Tuesday, but Trump did not appear on the GOP ballot because the Nevada Republican Party opted to hold its caucuses and made it the only contest that would allocate the state's 26 delegates. 

But even without Trump on the ballot, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who participated in Tuesday's primary instead of the caucuses, finished second behind "none of these candidates," an embarrassing defeat as she seeks to sell herself as a serious challenger to Trump.