Haley beats Trump with one vote in lone Iowa county – ruining his clean sweep of caucuses

Nikki Haley has managed to claw back a minor victory in the Iowa caucuses, beating Donald Trump in a lone county and ruining his clean sweep across the state.

The former ambassador to the United Nations and South Carolina governor trumped the former president by just one vote in Johnson County, with 1,271 votes to 1,270 and 99 per cent of votes tallied.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis trailed behind both candidates in the county with 755 votes.

Ms Haley’s win ultimately wiped out Mr Trump’s clean sweep of the Iowa caucuses, leaving him victorious in 98 out of 99 counties.

Overall, the former president enjoyed a monumental win in the first-of-the-nation caucus, with 51 per cent of votes to Mr DeSantis 21.2 per cent and Ms Haley’s 19.1 per cent, the Associated Press projected as of 5am ET.

It marks a historic, unprecedented margin of the votes for the former president and firmly cements his position as the Republican frontrunner.

It took less than an hour for him to be projected the winner – coming at a time when he is facing 91 charges across four criminal cases.

In his victory speech, the former president couldn’t resist subtly gloating about his monumental win, as he congratulated his GOP rivals for “having a good time together” at the back of the race.

“I want to congratulate Ron and Nikki for having a good time together… We don’t even know what the outcome of second place is,” he said.

Mr Ramaswamy swiftly announced he was dropping out of the Republican primary race off the back of his dismal performance, and threw his endorsement behind Mr Trump.

Nikki Haley in Iowa on Monday ahead of her disappointing performance in the caucuses

“This entire campaign is about speaking the TRUTH. We did not achieve our goal tonight &