By — Associated Press Associated Press Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-overwhelmingly-wins-republican-primary-in-new-hampshire Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Trump overwhelmingly wins Republican primary in New Hampshire Politics Feb 12, 2020 12:25 AM EDT President Donald Trump overwhelmingly won New Hampshire’s GOP primary, but more than 12,000 votes went to a long-shot challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld. With most of the vote in, Trump already had amassed more votes in the New Hampshire primary than any incumbent president in history. Trump’s vote share was approaching the modern historical high for an incumbent president, 86.43% set by Ronald Reagan in 1984. Weld received about 9% of the vote of New Hampshire Republicans. The outcome was a reflection of Trump’s strong support among Republicans and his campaign’s nearly 18-month effort to diminish any significant threats to his renomination. Trump appeared in the state on Monday evening ahead of the vote to energize Republicans and to inject some chaos into the Democratic race. “The Fake News Media is looking hard for the Big Democrat Story, but there is nothing too fabulous,” Trump tweeted late Tuesday. “Wouldn’t a big story be that I got more New Hampshire Primary Votes than any incumbent president, in either party, in the history of that Great State? Not an insignificant fact!” By — Associated Press Associated Press
President Donald Trump overwhelmingly won New Hampshire’s GOP primary, but more than 12,000 votes went to a long-shot challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld. With most of the vote in, Trump already had amassed more votes in the New Hampshire primary than any incumbent president in history. Trump’s vote share was approaching the modern historical high for an incumbent president, 86.43% set by Ronald Reagan in 1984. Weld received about 9% of the vote of New Hampshire Republicans. The outcome was a reflection of Trump’s strong support among Republicans and his campaign’s nearly 18-month effort to diminish any significant threats to his renomination. Trump appeared in the state on Monday evening ahead of the vote to energize Republicans and to inject some chaos into the Democratic race. “The Fake News Media is looking hard for the Big Democrat Story, but there is nothing too fabulous,” Trump tweeted late Tuesday. “Wouldn’t a big story be that I got more New Hampshire Primary Votes than any incumbent president, in either party, in the history of that Great State? Not an insignificant fact!”