New Hampshire Primary: Live Analysis As Donald Trump Wins

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Donald Trump has won New Hampshire's Republican presidential primary, besting his only top-tier rival in the GOP race, Nikki Haley. The former president is expected to win more than 55% of the vote to Haley’s 38%, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of voters who said they were participating in the election. On Tuesday night, Trump called on Haley to drop out of the race, but Haley is vowing to stay in the contest for now, telling supporters “this race is far from over.”

• Donald Trump: A voter survey showed roughly half of expected GOP voters support his MAGA movement. That poll also showed 32% wouldn't back him for president, a cautionary data point.
• Nikki Haley: The former South Carolina governor said after Tuesday's loss that she is the anti-chaos candidate who can beat President Biden in the November election. A super PAC backing Haley plans to start advertising soon in South Carolina, the next big primary contest.
• Democrats: President Biden wasn't on Tuesday's primary ballot, but he still won - a victory achieved through a write-in campaign.
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Biden Thanks Aides for Going to Campaign

By Catherine Lucey and Ken Thomas

President Biden says he is grateful top White House aides Jen O’Malley Dillon and Mike Donilon are heading to his campaign. Biden said in a statement that “no one has been at my side as a trusted adviser for longer than Mike,” saying he understands “my voice and values.” He praised O’Malley Dillon “for her leadership, her strategic depth, and her organizational talents.”

“I am grateful that in rejoining the campaign, they are stepping up one more time to ensure we finish the job for the American people,” Biden said.

 

Nikki Haley: Choose Me to Avoid Chaos, Senior Moments

By Tim Hanrahan

In her speech Tuesday night, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said she is the anti-chaos candidate. “With Donald Trump, you have one bout of chaos after another,” she said. “This court case, that controversy, this tweet, that senior moment. You can’t fix Joe Biden’s chaos with Republican chaos.”

Haley, 52 years old, also challenged Trump to a debate, saying that if Trump thinks he can do better than her on a mental competency test as he has claimed, then “he should have no problem standing on a debate stage with me.” Trump is 77 while Biden is 81. “The first party to retire its 80-year-old candidate is going to be the party that wins this election,” she said.

 

Nikki Haley Says ‘Dozens of States Yet to Go,’ Stays in Race

By Catherine Lucey

Nikki Haley takes the stage at a New Hampshire primary night rally in Concord, N.H. (Charles Krupa/Associated Press)

Nikki Haley said “this race is far from over” following her second-place finish in the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary. “New Hampshire is first in the nation. It is not last in the nation,” said the former South Carolina governor and U.N. Ambassador Tuesday night. “There are dozens of states left to go and the next one is my sweet state of South Carolina.”

Haley also stressed her staying power, saying that she was at 2% in the polls when she started out “and now we’re the last one standing next to Donald Trump.” But Haley is trailing Trump in the polls in her home state of South Carolina and pressure may increase on her to drop out.