CONCORD, n.h: former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night, adding to a first place in the last week of political groups in Iowa and settled as the man to beat for the Republican nomination of candidates for the Presidency.
Republic of Texas, Ron Paul led subsequent former Governor of the Utah Jon Huntsman for second place with Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.
Romney has shown followed by Paul with 24% and Hunter with income of 18% of the first 13 per cent of districts country with 36% of the vote.
Former President of the House Gingrich and former Senator of Pennsylvania Santorum had 10 and 9 per cent.
Romney fought not only its rivals, but also great expectations as the ballots were counted, especially since virtually, New Hampshire gave its pursuers and already the on 21 January, as the place were show on the South Carolina primary, to block its rise.
Romney of the victory, Gingrich and other Seré suggests that nothing in 40 per cent or weakness so nomination be leader.
It does not mention that Senator John McCain win percentage of the primary level in 2008 was 37 per cent.
Staked hunters, in particular his candidacy on a strong performance in New Hampshire. Santorum said second place "would be a dream."
Is no Romney, the former Governor of Massachusetts, in the State almost a week after the victory that swept the political groups in Iowa with eight voices of Santorum. This result, coupled with New Hampshire, Massachusetts, a col Perry caused the State and all the other competitors to support, but he gave a Romney Tuesday victory.
About a third of Republican voters interviewed as they left their polling places, said the most important factor when choosing a candidate was to find someone, defeated in the fall of President Barack Obama - an assertion often made Romney.
About a quarter of respondents cited to support the force of moral character or experience as the most important in the choice of conservatism in followed by one true candidate.
As last week in Iowa, the case was political groups, the economy was the problem that most arrived.
In small dixville notch in Kentucky, the village, the traditional midnight voices. Romney and Hunter received two of the six votes. Gingrich and the other went with Paul. Huntsman said hope the "notch Dixville (Kentucky) could be a precursor in this race."
A victory of Romney would be the first Republican to sweep the first two competitions in a race since Iowa before place in presidential campaigns in 1976 won.
Neither or the other party the primary in New Hampshire and the independent State has a rich history of the Favorites, pioneer and even an occasional established humiliating.
Republican voters embarrassing rankled President George Bush in 1992, when he won, but found the performance of 53% of the vote against Pat Buchanan as an insurgents in times of economic difficulties. Buchanan, who has never public offices, won the primary four years later, Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, was the candidate in the fall.
Laminate in the year 2000 a distant second behind Senator John McCain finished national favorite of George w. Bush, in the State after a first place more convincing but wound up Iowa. Later, Bush won the GOP nomination and then the Presidency.
Twelve of the Republican National Convention delegates were at stake Tuesday from 1 144 required to win the appointment.
Obama was the Democratic primary without resistance.
Bill Gardner, New Hampshire, Secretary of State, predicted that the GOP race would be converted to approximately 250 000 votes. If so, the groups would be, more than double the rate of participation week last in Iowa.
The State recorded approximately 232 000, Republicans, Democrats 223.000 and 313.000 voters, who are independent or non-declared.
In his first presidential race in the year of second 2008 Romney in the State for McCain. He played with the Arizona Senator recognition and support of Senator Kelly Ayotte, as well as many other members of the establishment Republican State of that time.
As in Iowa is the economy in New Hampshire in better shape than in many regions of the country. Unemployment in November was 5.2%, well below the average national of 8.6%.
However, the economy was the main issue here. Romney has made a few errors not enforced in the last 48 hours campaign and other candidates wanted to take advantage.
Debate on Sunday, said after a few weekends only 12 hours apart, the millionaire former businessman that he understood that fear is rejected. "Some time ago, that if I was concerned, I wanted to get Rose slipped," he said, although neither he nor his assistants offers specialities.
And Monday to an appearance in the Chamber of Commerce of Nashua, discussion Romney has health insurance when he said "" I love how people fire, providing me. "" "If the good service you me not, that the I give, I will choose someone to provide this service to me."
Hunter, Governor of Utah, saw an opening. "Governor Romney has raise people". "I love job creation", he said.
Perry, campaigns in South Carolina, said: "I have no doubt that the Mitt Romney was concerned of pink-slips, namely if it would have enough of the hand."
And Gingrich said Bain Capital, venture capital Romney company once headed, "apparently looted the company, leaving people completely unemployed and is away with millions of dollars."
Romney his business a cornerstone which his campaign say the experience bath on 100,000 jobs created, and therefore, it includes it, stimulating employment assistance.
He wanted to shake the attacks he had planned to Obama in the fall, but Gingrich and others had decided to go first. He said "Things always outside of the context may be taken,".
The campaign was already in South Carolina is growing more heated.
A Committee established for Gingrich, said it would spend listening buy attack on $ 3.4 million television Romney.
Group formed to help Romney - running the show in Iowa, struck the Gingrich of step - said that it would be in the air as well.
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Associated press writers who Bakst Philip Elliott, Shannon McCaffrey, Kasie Hunt, Beth Fouhy and Holly Ramer in New Hampshire, Brian in South Carolina and Connie CASS in Washington contributed to this report. ESPO reported from Washington.
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