ROME, Ga. — Former President Donald Trump is setting his eyes on Georgia ahead of the state's presidential primary on March 12.
Trump will stop at a rally in Rome on March 9 at 5 p.m. at the Forum River Center.
The visit marks the first time the former president has set foot in the state since August when he was booked into Fulton County Jail on charges related to the 2020 presidential election.
Where Trump stands in the race
Former President Donald Trump, who has won every presidential contest in which he’s appeared on the ballot and earned 122 delegates, needs 1,093 more to hit his so-called “magic number” of 1,215. Once he receives that many delegates, he'll have won a majority of available delegates to the Republican convention this summer and will be considered the party’s presumptive nominee.
The earliest Trump can hit that number is March 12, though that could change depending on how many delegates he receives on Super Tuesday and in the days leading up to it. The exact number of delegates available on a date can also change as state parties finalize their plans.
Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, the last major candidate on the Republican side, enters this week having won a fraction of delegates available in four of the six states and territories that have awarded them thus far.
Republican delegate rules vary by state, but their system generally makes it easier for frontrunners to quickly rack up large numbers of delegates because many states — including Super Tuesday’s biggest prize, California — award all their delegates to candidates who win a majority of the vote. In Texas, which has the second biggest delegate haul, 150 delegates will be assigned based on the Super Tuesday primary results, while state officials say they will assign another 11 at the statewide convention in May.
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