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McCain wins New Hampshire GOP primary
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By Shahram Vahdany
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Sen. John McCain will win the New Hampshire GOP primary. Democratic Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are in a tight race, early results show.
Clinton and Obama are within 2 percentage points of each other as early vote counts come in.
With 13 percent of precincts counted, Clinton had 38 percent of the vote to Iowa caucus winner Obama's 36 percent. Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards had 17 percent. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson had 4 percent, and Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich had 1 percent.
Edwards will finish third,
With 12 percent of Republican precincts reporting, McCain had 37 percent of the vote. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was second with 28 percent, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, the winner of last week's Iowa GOP caucuses followed with 12 percent.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani had 9 percent and Texas Rep. Ron Paul had 9 percent.
Voters turned out in higher-than-expected numbers Tuesday, with a sizable chunk making decisions on who to support at the last minute, according to early exit polls.
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