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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, surrounded by his family, points toward supporters at the Romney for President New Hampshire primary night victory party at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H., on Tuesday.

Romney wins in N.H., Huntsman finishes third

David Espo, Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 12:01am

CONCORD, N.H. -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night, adding to a first-place finish in last week's Iowa caucuses and establishing himself as the man to beat for the Republican presidential nomination. Ron Paul finished second, with Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum trailing.

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (left to right) laugh at the conclusion of a Republican presidential candidate debate at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, N.H., on Sunday.

GOP rivals target Romney 2 days before N.H. primary

Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 9, 2012 - 12:22am

CONCORD, N.H. -- Mitt Romney's Republican presidential rivals piled on the criticism Sunday, two days before New Hampshire's primary, with a combative Newt Gingrich leading the aggression by accusing the GOP front-runner of "pious baloney" and charging him with hiding behind inaccurate attack ads aired by allies.

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Rick Perry bashes the GOP debates

Sarah Palermo Concord Monitor

Last updated Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 1:57pm

CONCORD, N.H. -- One week after yet another disappointing performance in a national debate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said the whole experience has been a mistake.

Speaking on Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's talk show Tuesday night, Perry said the debates "are set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates."

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Retirees starting to protest at GOP campaign stops

Matthew Spolar Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 11:41am

CONCORD. N.H. -- This campaign season, Republican presidential candidates and New Hampshire's congressmen have been met by groups of old folks carrying signs and making their voices heard on maintaining programs like Social Security and Medicare. Texas Gov. Rick Perry got an earful at a protest in Portsmouth on Aug. 18, and a group gathered outside a Mitt Romney town hall event in Lebanon last week.

Behind much of the activity is the Alliance for Retired Americans, a national advocacy group launched in New Hampshire in 2007. The alliance itself was founded by the AFL-CIO in 2001, spokesman Michael Buckley said Monday from its Washington headquarters.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney heads out to the next campaign stop after meeting with the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Romney shifting campaign into a higher gear

Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, August 8, 2011 - 4:22pm

CONCORD, N.H. — Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign is shifting into a higher gear.

The former Massachusetts governor, who leads national and state polls in the race for the GOP nomination, has spent much of the year laying low, limiting his public appearances and rarely weighing in on the national debate.

That started changing Monday as Romney visited New Hampshire just as the most important week yet in the Republican race got under way. A nationally televised debate was set for Thursday, two days ahead of a test vote by Iowa Republicans and an expected announcement by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is likely to enter the race.

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FILE - In this June 21, 2011, file photo, Mary Kaye Huntsman listens as her husband, Republican presidential candidate and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr., speaks at the Town Hall in Exeter, N.H. Huntsman wants to go head to head with Mitt Romney in the former Massachusetts governor’s own backyard. With a laser focus on New Hampshire, President Barack Obama’s recently departed ambassador to China is quietly assembling what may end up being the largest paid GOP primary effort in the state’s history. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

Huntsman building big NH team, changing tone

Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 11:00am

CONCORD, N.H. -- Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman wants to go head to head with Mitt Romney in the former Massachusetts governor's own backyard.

With a laser focus on New Hampshire, President Barack Obama's recently departed ambassador to China is quietly assembling what may end up being the largest paid GOP primary effort in the state's history. He's also taking a sharper tone as he fights to overcome a staff shakeup and low popularity among the relatively few Republican voters who know him.

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