Yes Nikki lost, but she has a significant following, and they are not all democrats.
I preferred Nikki because she beat Biden by 10-points and Trump is tied with Biden, which allows the dems to crank up their mail-in voter fraud machinery and "win" again.
If Trump wants to win he needs to mend fences with Nikki and get her on board.
She has good policies that he doesn't like, so we'll see just how badly Trump wants to win in November.