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Gingrich wins South Carolina primary Using hard-edged debate performances, former House speaker Newt Gingrich completes comeback against Mitt Romney.
Jan. 21, 2012
Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich stands with his wife, Callista, at the Hilton Hotel in Columbia, S.C. after winning the state's primary.
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Republican presidential hopeful former House speaker Newt Gingrich greets potential voters inside Tommy's Ham House in Greenville, S.C.
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A Mitt Romney supporter holds a picture of him as she awaits his arrival at his party headquarters in Greenville, S.C.
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Supporters of Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, wait during early returns at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds in Columbia, S.C.
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Barbara Marks, 78, of Laughlin, Nev., made the drive from her home four days ago to take in the South Carolina primary. "I think this is the most important state vote in my history," says Marks as she waited for Newt Gingrich to speak at the Hilton Hotel in Columbia, S.C. She is a Gingrich supporter and will vote in a few weeks in her home state.
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D'Andria Wider, 15, and her brother Davon Wider, 12, of Greensboro, N.C., take in the scene at the Hilton Hotel in Columbia, S.C., where presidential candidate Newt Gingrich will speak later tonight after the polls close on primary night in Columbia. The teens are visiting with their father Carlos Wider, not shown, who says "It's a tough race."
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William Deloch, left, and David Smith chat after casting their ballots in the Republican presidential primary at "Vincent Smith's Garage" polling station in Horse Gall, S.C. The polling station, which serves southeast South Carolina, was moved from the Smith family's garage to the den 10 years ago to make voters more comfortable.
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Voter Larry Conn wears a hat that said "undecided" on it. Republican presidential hopeful former House speaker Newt Gingrich modified and autographed it during a meet and greet with potential voters inside Tommy's Ham House in Greenville , S.C.
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Poll worker Matt Lanzer places an "I Voted" sticker on Ella Ibbotson, 2, as she and her twin brother Will, accompany their parents, Ryan and Elizabeth Ibbotson of Myrtle Beach, S.C., background, to vote at a library in Socastee, S.C.
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Newt Gingrich, center, laughs next to his wife Callista, right, during his introduction to supporters during a campaign stop at Whiteford's Restaurant in Laurens, S.C.
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Supporters shelter themselves from the rain with campaign signs after Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich spoke at Tommy's Ham House in Greenville, S.C.
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A poster of election rules is placed under a portrait of Civil War general Wade Hampton in the Pee Dee Farms Co. in South Carolina.
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Newt Gingrich greets supporters at Tommy's Country Ham House in Greenville, S.C. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney also campaigned at the restaurant just before Gingrich.
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Candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum speaks to voters at the Mission polling place as they vote in the South Carolina primary in Greenville.
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Rick Santorum waves to voters at the Amick's Ferry Fire Station polling place.
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Jene Boner of Charleston, S.C., votes at W L Stephens Aquatic Center.
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Brad Wallace and his daughter Hannah Wallace, 6, of Charleston, S.C., vote in the South Carolina primary at W L Stephens Aquatic Center.
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Candidate Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, boards his bus after visiting Powdersville Middle School polling location in Greenville, S.C.
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Newt Gingrich shakes hands with a supporter while visiting the Powdersville Middle School polling location in Greenville, S,C.
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Mitt Romney greets a young supporter inside Tommy's Ham House in Greenville.
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