California's 169 Delegates Awarded to Trump - With 0% Expected Votes in | 5 March 2024 | Donald Trump has been decisively declared the winner of the California GOP Presidential primary race and the 169 delegates. President Trump was declared the winner in a twelfth-state moments after the polls closed in California at 11 pm ET. Trump later soared to 73% of the vote when 35% of the results were in. Trump's neocon opponent, Nikki Haley, picked up just one win - hardly - in Vermont, where Democrats admitted to voting for her in the state’s open primary.