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Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has won in the two US towns that traditionally open US election voting. In Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, he won 15 votes to his Republican rival John McCain's six, becoming the first Democrat to win there since 1968. In Hart's Location he won 17 votes, while Mr McCain won 10, and Ron Paul two, showing 100% voter turnout. Results from the rest of the US are expected from 2300 GMT as citizens elect their 44th president. Hart's Location began the practice of voting early in 1948 so that railroad employees could vote before going to...

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama today won handsomely in the first election returns of the 2008 presidential race, winning 15 of 21 votes cast in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire. People in the isolated village in New Hampshire's northeast corner voted just after midnight Tuesday. It was the first time since 1968 that the village leaned Democratic in an election. Obama's rival, Republican John McCain, won 6 votes, CNN reported. A full 100 per cent of registered voters in the village cast ballots. The town, home to around 75 residents, has opened its polls shortly after midnight each election day since...

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Barack Obama and John McCain won the battles of Dixville Notch and Hart's Location early this morning, as New Hampshire started its primaries in the two tiny towns after midnight. Traditionally, the Granite State starts off with Midnight Madness in Dixville Notch, which does nothing much more than give the press something to note: Residents of two tiny towns stayed up late to give Barack Obama and John McCain early victories in the New Hampshire presidential primary. Voters in Dixville Notch and Hart's Location cast the initial ballots just after midnight Tuesday. In Hart's Location, Democrat Obama received nine votes,...

First primary votes cast in Dixville Notch Posted January 8, 2008 12 :09 AM MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Midnight votes in Dixville Notch, the tiny New Hampshire town that is within a stone's throw of Canada, put John McCain and Barack Obama in the winners' seats. Results had one vote for Rudy Giuliani, four votes for John McCain and two votes for Mitt Romney. For the Democrats, John Edwards got two votes, Bill Richardson had one and Barack Obama got seven votes. Hillary Clinton was shut out.

Residents of two tiny towns stayed up late to give Barack Obama and John McCain early victories in the New Hampshire presidential primary. Voters in two small New Hampshire villages, Dixville Notch and Hart's Location, cast the initial ballots just after midnight Tuesday. In Hart's Location, Democrat Obama received nine votes, Hillary Rodham Clinton received three and John Edwards received one. On the Republican side, McCain received six, Mike Huckabee received five, Ron Paul received four and Mitt Romney one. In Dixville Notch, on the Republican side, McCain received four votes, Mitt Romney two and Rudy Giuliani one. On the...

HART'S LOCATION, N.H. (AP) -- The nation's first Election Day votes were cast and counted just after midnight in a pair of mountain hamlets, with 35 votes for President Bush besting challenger John Kerry's 21. Ralph Nader received one vote. The first Tuesday votes came from the northern New Hampshire community of Hart's Location, where 16 voters chose Bush, 14 went with Kerry and one chose Nader. Minutes later, the 26 registered voters in Dixville Notch, about 50 miles to the north, split 19 for Bush and 7 for Kerry. The tiny communities since 1948 sporadically have been taking advantage...

The 26 registered voters in Dixville Notch, about 15 miles from the Canadian border, backed Bush over Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry by a vote of 19 to 7, election officials said. Independent candidate Ralph Nader received no votes, they said. Republicans have won each of the presidential votes in Dixville Notch since 1972, although Kerry's 7 votes this year are two more than Al Gore received in 2000.The midnight-voting tradition began in 1960 when, in an effort to get publicity and serve a civic function, community leaders opened voting booths early on primary day and reported the results to...

President Bush and John Kerry each received 15 votes in the nation's initial votes for President just after midnight in Hart's Location. Ralph Nader received one vote. Minutes later in Dixville Notch, the voters split 19 for Bush and 7 for Kerry. Gov. Craig Benson earned 12 votes to challenger John Lynch's 14. Since 1948, the communities sporadically have been taking advantage of a state law that allows communities to close polls early if all registered voters have voted. In 2000, both mountain hamlets chose President Bush over Democrat Al Gore. In Hart's Location, Bush won 17-13. In Dixville Notch,...

<p>Retired Army General Wesley K. Clark won the initial votes cast this morning in New Hampshire's Democratic presidential primary, the first to be counted in a state primary this year.</p> <p>Clark had been the only major candidate to visit two of the state's smallest hamlets -- Dixville and Hart's Location -- where residents cast their votes in the early minutes of Election Day.</p>

DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. - Wesley Clark (news - web sites) won the initial votes cast Tuesday morning in New Hampshire's Democratic presidential primary, the first to be counted in a state primary this year

DIXVILLE — It’s Wes Clark, by a handful. As tradition would have it, New Hampshire’s tiny hamlet of Dixville Notch had their say last night, casting the first 26 votes in the state’s Democratic Primary election around midnight. George W. Bush swept up for the Republicans with 11 votes, not bad since there are only 10 registered Republicans in the Notch. But this was a night for Democrats, and Clark — the only candidate in history to actually show up for the annual occasion — got plenty of loud cheers when his 8 votes were announced. The other votes were...

Clark Wins Inital N.H. Primary Votes Jan 27, 12:34 AM (ET) By STEPHEN FROTHINGHAM DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) - Wesley Clark won the initial votes cast Tuesday morning in New Hampshire's Democratic presidential primary, the first to be counted in a state primary this year. Clark had been the only major candidate to visit two of the state's smallest hamlets - Dixville Notch and Hart's Location - where residents cast and count their votes in the early minutes of Election Day. Clark won Dixville with 8 votes. Sen. John Kerry had 3, Sen. John Edwards 2 and Howard Dean and...

8 votes - Clark 3 votes - Kerry 2 votes - Edwards

Please post your NH Primary predictions here. ********************************************************************* My predictions: DEAN = 31% KERRY = 30% EDWARDS = 18% CLARK = 11% LIEBERMAN = 10%

DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H.  — In the first votes to be counted in a state presidential primary this year, Wesley Clark was expected to benefit from campaign visits to two of the state's smallest towns, where residents cast and count their votes in the early minutes of Election Day. Clark was the only major Democratic candidate to visit Dixville Notch and Hart's Location, where a few dozen residents make it a tradition to vote at midnight and announce to the world a few minutes later. Officials and voters in both far northern towns said the retired general would likely be rewarded. "I'm predicting a...