Sen. Bernie Sanders was declared the winner of the presidential Democratic primary in New Hampshire on Tuesday night less than two hours after polls closed in the Granite State—a victory seen as a massive boost for the campaign of the U.S. Senator from Vermont and one which comes on the heals of winning the popular vote in the Iowa caucus last week.
Major news outlets—including NBC News—called the race for Sanders just before 11:00pm ET.
As of this writing, with 75% of precincts reporting, Sanders was declared the winner with approximately 26.2% of the vote.
Sanders had polled well going into the state’s primary, a contest he also won in 2016. But after the fiasco in Iowa last week—when inconsistencies and errors in reporting denied Sanders the ability to claim victory on the night of the election—there was pressure on the senator to perform well in New Hampshire.
James Zogby, founder of the Arab American Institute and a prominent Sanders supporters, expressed elation. “I can feel the momentum heading West to Nevada, South to South Carolina, and then on to Super Tuesday,” Zogby tweeted. “We’re going to win this thing!”
“I can feel the momentum heading West to Nevada, South to South Carolina, and then on to Super Tuesday. We’re going to win this thing!”
—James Zogby, Sanders supporterBehind Sanders—though results were being tallied and subject to shift as precincts continued to report—was former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg in second place, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota in third, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts in fourth, and former Vice President Joe Biden—who has so far in the race been considered the party frontrunner—coming in fifth.
Shortly before the contest was called, NBC News reported that neither Biden nor Warren would meet the necessary threshold to win any pledged delegates for the Democratic National Convention later this year.
new NBC projection: Warren & Biden will be under 15% statewide AND in both congressional districts.
that would mean 0 national pledged delegates for them; Sanders, Buttigieg, Klobuchar would split the 24 available delegates.
— Taniel (@Taniel) February 12, 2020
Meanwhile, as the results came, two candidates—both Sen. Michael Bennet and Andrew Yang—announced they were suspending their campaigns.
Thank you @AndrewYang for running an issue-focused campaign and working to bring new voters into the political process. I look forward to working together to defeat the corruption and bigotry of Donald Trump.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) February 12, 2020
According to early metrics and exit poll reporting, it appears Sanders was propelled to victory with the help of first-time and younger voters, which make up a large part of his energetic base, but also had strong results across demographics and in precincts located in various parts of the state.
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