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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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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, listens as he is introduced by Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., as he campaigns at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N.H., Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Analysis: Romney’s rivals have little time in SC

David Espo The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, January 7, 2012 - 6:01pm

WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and the rest of Mitt Romney’s pursuers still have time to stop his rise in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. But not much. And not all of them.

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The reason behind focus on Huntsman, Romney? Their Utah ties

Dave Greiling Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 23, 2011 - 11:47pm

The classic Abbott and Costello comedy routine "Who's on first?" is a fit description for the current up-and-down ratings among the Republican hopefuls seeking the presidential nomination.

Just as quickly as one candidate shoots to the top of the popularity polls, he or she falls back (See: Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich and a cast of others.)

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(ROSS D. FRANKLIN/The Associated Press) Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign event in Paradise Valley, Ariz.

Romney steps up pace of campaign as caucuses near

Kasie Hunt The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 8:23am

PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — Mitt Romney is ramping up his presidential campaign in a big way — just as Newt Gingrich emerges as a serious threat for the Republican nomination.

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(STEPHEN MORTON/The Associated Press) Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a town hall rally in Bluffton, S.C. Gingrich was in town to open the Newt 2012 Beaufort County field office in downtown Bluffton. South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary mirrors the national contest, with Newt Gingrich enjoying something of a boom as the GOP continues its potentially fruitless search for an alternative to perceived front-runner Mitt Romney.

SC primary up for grabs, Gingrich making big play

Jim Davenport, Philip Elliott The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 5, 2011 - 9:42am

NEWBERRY, S.C. — For three decades, the Republican who won South Carolina’s presidential primary has also won the GOP nomination.

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(REINHOLD MATAY/The Associated Press) Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a town hall meeting in The Villages, Fla. While others focus on Iowa’s caucuses or New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary, Mitt Romney is set to spend the day in Florida _ and it’s the only early voting state he’s visiting this week, just five weeks before voting begins.

Romney the 1st GOP candidate to plant flag in Fla.

Brendan Farrington, Kasie Hunt The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 10:36am

MEDLEY, Fla. — If there’s any Republican presidential candidate who can afford to spend precious time and money focusing on winning in Florida, it’s the one campaigning here Tuesday.

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(RICHARD DREW/The Associated Press) In this Oct. 3, 2011 file photo Republican presidential candidate, Herman Cain stops to address the media as he arrives for a meeting with developer Donald Trump, in New York. He’s a mathematician, a minister, a former radio talk show host and pizza magnate. But most of all, Herman Cain is a salesman. And how he sells. “The sleeping giant called ‘we the people’ has awakened,” Cain thunders, pacing the stage in his trademark dark suit, brown fedora and “lucky” gold tie, delivering a rollicking, 45-minute performance that evokes an old-fashioned church revival, complete with cries of “Amen” from his audience.

Affair allegation is Cain campaign’s latest crisis

Henry C. Jackson, Ray Henry The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 11:18am

ATLANTA — Republican candidate Herman Cain declared “Here we go again” as he faced the latest crisis in his presidential campaign: an accusation of a 13-year extramarital affair with an Atlanta businesswoman.

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(EVAN VUCCI/The Associated Press) Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during the Republican presidential debate in Washington. Newt Gingrich landed editorial endorsement of NH Union Leader Sunday Nov. 27, 2011, 45 days before GOP primary.

Gingrich coup: Endorsement from NH’s largest paper

Philip Elliott The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, November 27, 2011 - 5:35pm

WASHINGTON — New Hampshire’s largest newspaper on Sunday endorsed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in the 2012 GOP presidential race, signaling that rival Mitt Romney isn’t the universal favorite and potentially resetting the contest before the state’s lead-off primary Jan. 10.

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(RICHARD SHIRO/The Associated Press) In this Nov. 12, 2011, photo, Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, speaks at a debate in Spartanburg, S.C. The Republican presidential hopefuls are focusing on Iran as a weak spot in President Barack Obama’s foreign policy record, and they’re reviving many of the arguments that neoconservative proponents of armed intervention against Tehran lost in the latter years of George W. Bush’s presidency. “There are a number of ways to be smart about Iran and relatively few ways to be dumb, and the administration skipped all the ways to be smart,” said Gingirch at the debate.

GOP hopefuls challenge Obama on Iran

Bradley Klapper The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 8:52am

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopefuls are focusing on Iran as a weak spot in President Barack Obama’s foreign policy record, and they’re reviving many of the arguments that neoconservative proponents of armed intervention against Tehran lost in the latter years of George W. Bush’s presidency.

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(BOB EDME/The Associated Press) French candidate for the 2011 Socialist party primary elections Francois Hollande, right, waits to vote vote in the second round of the party’s primary election to chose a candidate for the 2012 French presidential elections,in Tulle, central France, Sunday, Oct.16, 2011.

French presidential race: Sarkozy vs. Hollande

Angela Charlton, Jamey Keaten The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 17, 2011 - 7:58am

PARIS — The resurgent French left, riding on popular anger at conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy and global financial markets, endorsed former Socialist Party chief Francois Hollande on Sunday as its candidate for next year’s presidential elections.

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