Biden wins New Hampshire Democratic primary race

Latest results for the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary where President Joe Biden has mounted a write-in campaign.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Joe Biden easily won New Hampshire’s unusual Democratic presidential primary as a write-in Tuesday, NBC News projects, blowing past two long-shot challengers whose names were on the ballot. 

With more than 35% of the expected vote counted, Biden had a commanding two-thirds of ballots cast, almost 50 percentage points ahead of the competition. Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., was in a distant second with about 20% of the vote. And self-help author Marianne Williamson had about 4%.

Biden’s name was not on the ballot and the primary will not award delegates, because it was held in violation of the Democratic National Committee, which wanted South Carolina to hold its primary before New Hampshire.

Biden did not compete in New Hampshire, and he alienated plenty of local Democrats because he was the one who directed the DNC to rewrite the primary calendar to end New Hampshire's 100-year reign as the first-in-the-nation primary state.

See the results in New Hampshire.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/new-hampshire-democrats-primary-biden-rcna135152

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