Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley

Nikki Haley faced no major challenger Tuesday in Nevada’s presidential primary. 

She still lost, according to NBC News projections. 

Nevada voters in the state-run primary had a choice to reject all the candidates on the ballot, and they did just that — with more people choosing to vote for “none of these candidates” than for Haley.

It was a stinging rebuke of Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and South Carolina governor — and one that some party leaders had encouraged. The outcome in Nevada was Haley’s third consecutive loss in an early-state primary contest.

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