Romney faces big test today in N.H.
Attacks yesterday on Mitt Romney’s business record by his GOP rivals may be too late to derail him in New Hampshire, where he holds a sizable, though narrowing, lead.
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Mitt Romney greeted voters today outside of the Webster School in Manchester, N.H.
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Che Sayles, a Barack Obama supporter from Greenbelt, Md., stood out among GOP volunteers at the Webster School.
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Outside of the high school in Londonderry, N.H., volunteers supported their candidates with signs and handshakes for incoming voters.
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Voters made their way to and from the voting booths inside Londonderry High School.
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New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary is today. Cheryl Lord, left, and Yvette Bilodeau hung a sign in Errol, N.H.
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A primary election ballot was ready to be filled out in Nashua, N.H.
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A sign at the Ward 6 polling station in Manchester, N.H., clearly defined where people could and could not campaign.
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The village of Dixville was first to vote at midnight. From left, Tanner Tillotson, Peter Johnson, and Jacques Couture waited to vote.
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“Dixville Notch might be a harbinger in this race.”
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