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With the Iowa caucuses in the rearview, Republican candidates this week turned their focus to New Hampshire, where voters will cast ballots Tuesday in the nation’s first primary.
Former president Donald Trump, former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared at events all over the state to win support, with Trump opting for his usual large-scale rallies and the other candidates mixing stump speeches with retail stops.
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The Granite State defied a shake-up of the Democratic Party’s nominating calendar — which made South Carolina the first primary state as a way to provide greater racial, geographic and economic diversity to the process — so President Biden will not appear on the ballot in New Hampshire.
Democratic officials in the state spearheaded a write-in campaign to help defeat Biden’s primary challenger Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), who has spent a good deal of time campaigning there.
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RINDGE, N.H.| People leave an event with Nikki Haley at Franklin Pierce University on Saturday.
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HANOVER, N.H. | Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) before speaking at a campaign event on Thursday. Phillips is running for president.
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ROCHESTER, N.H. | Emily Easler, 9; Lisa Easler; and Josefine Easler, 6, wait for Republican Presidential candidate Nikki Haley to emerge for a campaign rally on Wednesday.
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DOVER, N.H. | Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis greets people at Cara Irish Pub and Restaurant on Friday.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. | Former president Donald Trump steps out to deliver remarks at a campaign rally at the SNHU Arena on Saturday.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. | Supporters of former president Donald Trump wait for him before a campaign rally at the SNHU Arena on Saturday.
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DERRY, N.H. | A worker carries equipment inside for a DeSantis campaign stop at LaBelle Winery on Wednesday.
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AMHERST, N.H. | Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks to veterans during the lunch rush at Mary Anne’s Diner on Friday.
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DOVER, N.H. | People listen to DeSantis speak at Cara Irish Pub and Restaurant on Friday.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. | Chip Holmberg, left, talks to Ross Connolly, senior adviser for Americans for Prosperity as Connolly goes door to door to talk to would-be voters on Sunday.
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GOFFSTOWN, N.H. | DeSantis arrives to speak to the media at St. Anselm College on Friday.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. | Theo Wahlenmayer, bottom left, and Cailey Cetani talk as Republican presidential candidate Ryan Binkley, right, talks to customers at Red Arrow Diner on Friday. The diner has long been known for a stop for political candidates.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. | Nikki Haley visits a kindergarten and first-grade class at Polaris Charter School on Friday.
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HANOVER, N.H. | Phillips talks to staff at My Brigadeiro as he greets people before a campaign event on Thursday.
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DERRY, N.H. | DeSantis greets people during a campaign stop at LaBelle Winery on Wednesday.
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CONCORD, N.H. | A truck displays images of Trump outside a rally at the Grappone Conference Center on Friday.
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