[1/6] Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the fall convention of the California Republican Party in Anaheim, California, U.S., September 29, 2023.
"With your help, we're going to win the California primary," the former president said to a crowd of Republican activists and party members who gave him a raucous standing ovation when he took the stage at the California Republican Party convention in Anaheim, 25 miles (40 km) south of Los Angeles.
But in the battle to become the Republican nominee, California offers the most valuable prize of all.
The country's most populous state has 169 delegates up for grabs on March 5, in a race where winning delegates state by state determines who will capture the nomination.
She said she had taken a look at DeSantis and other Republican candidates but still preferred Trump.
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Donald Trump, Mike Blake, Trump, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, hadn't, Joe Biden, Nikki Haley, Haley, Lori Cisneros, Tim Reid, James Oliphant, Colleen Jenkins, Daniel Wallis, Cynthia Osterman, Michael Perry
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