New Hampshire primary day

The Republican presidential candidates make last-minute pitches — or at least try to — as voting gets underway in New Hampshire.

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Jan. 10, 2012

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney greets supporters in Manchester, N.H. Romney cruised to victory in the New Hampshire primary, giving the former Massachusetts governor a sweep of the first two critical tests in the nominating contest.

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Mitt Romney supporters react as the former Massachusetts governor is declared the winner in New Hampshire.

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, right, greets supporters after his win in New Hampshire. Romney was joined by his wife, Ann, and his family at his primary night rally at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester.

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney points to supporters during his primary night rally at Southern New Hampshire University.

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Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney reaches for his wife, Ann, as his sons, from left, Josh, Ben, Craig, Tagg and Matt look on.

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Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney talks to Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) before going on stage at Southern New Hampshire University. Paul finished second in the New Hampshire primary.

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Mitt Romney jokes with his wife, Ann, and son Tagg while watching the returns in Manchester, N.H.

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Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul addresses supporters as his rally in Manchester, N.H.

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A young supporter of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul celebrates at the congressman's New Hampshire primary night rally in Manchester, N.H.

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Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman greets supporters after placing third in the New Hampshire primary.

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Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman holds hands with his daughters Liddy, second from left, and Mary Anne, right, as they celebrate at a primary night rally at the The Black Brimmer restaurant in Manchester, N.H.

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich attends a primary night rally in Manchester, N.H.

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Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista, right, attend a rally after the New Hampshire primary. Gingrich came in fourth.

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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum stands with his wife, Karen, at his New Hampshire primary election night rally in Manchester, N.H.

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Jon Huntsman campaign staffers hang a sign on stage at the Black Brimmer restaurant in Manchester, N.H., where the former Utah governor held his primary night rally.

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Josh Romney reads voting results to his parents, Ann and Mitt Romney, in the holding room before going on stage at the candidate's primary night rally.

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Chris Gosselin, a volunteer with the Ron Paul campaign, positions balloons at the congressman's primary night event in Manchester, N.H.

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Ballot inspector Connie Bell, right, holds open a voting booth curtain at Memorial High School in Manchester, N.H.

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Ward selectman Ryan Curran logs voters at Memorial High School in Manchester, N.H.

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney greets voters outside a polling station at Webster School in Manchester, N.H.

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Supporters of Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who are competing in the GOP presidential primary, hold signs for their candidates outside the polling place at Webster Elementary School in Manchester, N.H.

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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, makes the rounds on Radio Row in Manchester, N.H.

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Supporters wave signs before Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, former House speaker, visits a polling place in Merrimack, N.H.

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A blue chip is dropped into a cup for a Democratic ballot, with red chips for Republican ballots, as voters arrive to vote at a polling station in Manchester, N.H.

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Rep. Ron Paul greets people outside a polling station in Manchester, N.H.

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Susan Gayhart stands outside the Canaan Fire Station with a Ron Paul sign on the morning of the "first-in-the-nation" primary at the Canaan Fire Station in Canaan, N.H. Gayhart said she planned to stand outside the station the entire 11 hours it was open for voting. "This is the first time, honestly, that I feel this strongly about a candidate for president," Gayhart said about GOP candidate, Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.). With the combination of good weather and a six competitive Republicans on the ballot, New Hampshire is expecting high voter turnout.

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Supporters of Republican presidential candidates gather outside the Webster School in Manchester, N.H., where primary voting was taking place.

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Jan. 9, 2012

A resident reads over her ballot before the stroke of midnight when she can officially cast her vote in the first-in-the-nation presidential primary, at the Balsams Grand Resort in Dixville, N.H.

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Republican presidential candidate and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman, center, and his wife, Mary Kaye, right, greet supporters outside a polling station in Manchester, N.H.

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Protestors chant in support of their candidates and issues at the entrance to the Webster Elementary School polling place in Manchester, N.H.

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Melina Brajovic, of Pittsburgh, holds a sign outside the Webster School in Manchester, N.H., where primary voting was taking place.

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J.B. Webb, of Manchester, N.H., carries a sign to the Webster School, where primary voting was taking place.

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A Mitt Romney supporter shows her allegiance outside a polling station at Webster School in Manchester, N.H.

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Republican presidential candidate and former House speaker Newt Gingrich and his wife, Calista, arrive at the Webster Elementary School's polling place in Manchester, N.H.

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Che Sayles of Greenbelt, a supporter of President Obama, positions himself outside Webster Elementary School in Manchester, N.H., where primary voting was taking place.

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A man votes in the New Hampshire primary at Bedford High School.

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Voters cast their ballots at the Tuck High School gymnasium in Exeter, N.H.

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On primary morning, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and wife Ann make peanut butter and honey sandwiches aboard the campaign bus.

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Sitting with visiting Iowa voters and family, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife Ann chat and laugh over their experiences in Iowa on the campaign bus during the morning of the primary in Manchester, N.H.

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Supporters yell and chant for their candidates and issues at the entrance of Webster Elementary School's polling place in Manchester, N.H on primary morning.

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A supporter of the Occupy movement stands outside a polling station in Manchester, N.H. The day marked New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation-primary.

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Jacques Couture casts the first vote as the clock strikes midnight to begin New Hampshire's primary day at Balsams Grand Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch, N.H. Since the 1960 election, this tiny northern village has kicked off voting in the U.S. presidential primary at midnight. At right is town moderator Tom Tillotson.

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Jan. 10, 2012

Jacques Couture, second from left, Tanner Tillotson, Peter Johnson, Diane Bureau, Deborah Tillotson and Jeff McIver, six of the nine voters in the Republican presidential primary in Dixville Notch, N.H., wait to be released after voting. Dixville Notch has historically kicked off voting in the state, with ballots being cast at midnight.

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Town moderator Tom Tillotson, left, Rick Erwin and Donna Kaye Erwin tally Dixville Notch's Republican primary ballots -- all nine of them.

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Donna Kaye Erwin writes the voting results on a board for all to see in Dixville Notch, N.H. In the Republican primary in the first New Hampshire town to cast ballots, Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman tied as the winners -- with two votes apiece.

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People wait outside a polling station before its doors open in Concord, N.H. Voters in the Granite State headed to the polls in the nation's first primary election to help select the Republican presidential nominee.

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Jan. 10, 2012

On primary morning in New Hampshire, a voter exists a booth after casting a ballot at Webster Elementary School's polling place in Manchester.

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Jan. 10, 2012

Jim Bassett of Canterbury, N.H., campaigns for Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman outside the Old Town Hall as the polls open in Canterbury, N.H. Huntsman was staking his campaign on a strong showing in New Hampshire.

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Cheryl Lord, left, and Yvette Bilodeau hold up a sign to denote their polling place at Errol Town Hall in Errol, N.H.

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Emily Alfan Johnson, 20, prepares to cast a ballot in her first election as fellow voters file in to the Old Town Hall in Canterbury, N.H.

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Jan. 9, 2012

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney greets supporters after addressing a rally at McKelvie Intermediate School in Bedford, N.H., a day before the New Hampshire primary

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Jan. 10, 2012

On New Hampshire's primary day, Biscuit the patriotic dog, dressed in a red, white and blue hat and vest, is pushed down Elm Street in downtown Manchester, N.H., for all to see.

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Peter Hopkins posts a sample ballot for the New Hampshire primary outside the polling station at the Town Meeting House in Greenfield, N.H.

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Supporters of various presidential candidates hold signs outside the VFW post in Jaffrey, N.H.

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Members of the media crowd around Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich at Webster Elementary School, a polling place, in Manchester, N.H., on primary morning. Gingrich never made it in the building because of the throng of media.

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Voters line up to receive their ballots to vote in the New Hampshire primary at the Ward 6 polling station at St. Pius X Church in Manchester, N.H.

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A dog waits as its owner fills out a ballot for the New Hampshire GOP primary at Webster Elementary School in Manchester, N.H.

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Moderator Ken Chapman slides a voter's ballot into a box at Town Hall in Woodstock, N.H.

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New Hampshire voters, including Howard Woodman, second from left, and his wife, Susan Woodman, wait for the polls to open in the nation's first primary at Town Hall in Loudon, N.H.

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Daniel Sleeper, 7, keeps himself occupied while a voter delivers his ballot at the polling station at the Town Meeting House in Greenfield, N.H.

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Ballot Clerk Donna Wyre knits during a break at Town Hall in Woodstock, N.H., during the first-in-the-nation presidential primary.

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