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February 9, 2016

Trump, Sanders Ahead as Primary Voting Begins in New Hampshire
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Voting has begun across New Hampshire for the first primary in the
country. A half-million voters are expected to cast ballots. Just after
midnight, voting took place in three small towns. In the Democratic
race, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders got a total of 17 votes to former
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's nine. In the Republican race,
Donald Trump, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich each
received nine votes. Trump and Sanders have been leading in almost every
poll taken leading up to today's vote. On Monday, Sanders said he's no
longer a fringe candidate.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: "When we began this campaign about nine months ago,
we were at 3 percent in the national polls. And despite my neat hairdo
and my GQ type of outfit, the media and the pundits didn't quite
consider us a serious candidacy. In fact, the word 'fringe' was used a
couple of times. We have come a long way in the last nine months."