Liveblog: Results of New Hampshire's Primary
Mitt Romney secured a solid victory Tuesday night in New Hampshire's GOP primary, a week after winning by just eight votes in the Iowa Caucuses. Ron Paul placed second, and Jon Huntsman placed a third with Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum trailing behind. Join us Wednesday for more coverage.
- 9:30 a.m. ET | Good morning! You can watch the full special of last night's NewsHour special programming - in two parts - here...
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- 11:27 p.m. ET | David Brooks: "For the other candidates, South Carolina is a flagrant place - weird things happen down there."
- 11:25 p.m. ET | Mark Shields: "I think you'll see both Newt Gingrich... and Rick Santorum - They have to somehow get themselves to be one on one against Mitt Romney. They've got to get by Ron Paul to get to that position where they can challenge [Romney]. I think there will be some effort to push Paul aside or to discredit his candidacy in some way."
- 11:12 p.m. ET | Mark Shields: "We haven't had anybody in modern history who has won Iowa and New Hampshire, who has been denied the nomination of his party."
- 10:52 p.m. ET | From Ezra Klein, blogger and columnist for the Washington Post:
RT @KevinMaddenDC: RT @EricFehrn: No non-incumbent Republican has ever won BOTH Iowa and NH . . . until Romney.- 10:49 p.m. ET | From Politico reporter Dave Levinthal:
- 10:49 p.m. ET | "Almost across the board, the former governor of neighboring Massachusetts performed better in New Hampshire than he had last week in more deeply conservative Iowa, where he won by a whisker," reports the Associated Press.
"Romney was backed by 42 percent of New Hampshire conservatives, more than twice the share won by his nearest rival, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, and similar to the margin by which he prevailed among tea party supporters. It was almost double the portion of Iowa conservatives who had backed Romney.
New Hampshire moderates and liberals also leaned toward Romney, with 37 percent supporting him, more than any other contender." - 10:42 p.m. ET | From Amy Walter, ABC News political director:
Since '80, average margin of victory for GOP primary winner is 11.6%. Romney currently leading by 14% (h/t @LizHartfield )- 10:40 p.m. ET |
- 10:32 p.m. ET | "Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum says he wants to emerge as the "true conservative" of the GOP primary race," the Associated Press reports.
- 10:28 p.m. ET | You can watch Newt Gingrich's speech here:
- 10:22 p.m. ET | You can watch Santorum's speech here:
- 10:18 p.m. ET | The Huntsman daughters...
