Complete coverage: The New Hampshire primary

Kerry endorses Obama: it's seen as slap to Edwards

Embracing Barack Obama as his choice for president at a college rally here, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry said the freshman senator from Illinois offered America a unique opportunity to move beyond racial and political divisions and to unite behind common goals.

In the end, voters gave in to Clinton

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton edged Sen. Barack Obama in the New Hampshire Democratic primary tonight after a nail-biting contest so close it could not be called until two and a half hours after the last polling sites closed, according to the Associated Press.

No tears in New Hampshire: Hillary stuns Obama

After five emotionally draining days, including one in which she nearly broke down, Hillary Rodham Clinton mounted a dramatic comeback against heavily favored Barack Obama in New Hampshire Tuesday, riding an unexpected wave of support among women voters to a 6,000-vote win Tuesday night.

McCain's New Hampshire win spells trouble for Mitt

John McCain rode a wave of independent voters to a solid victory here Tuesday night, dealing a significant blow to Mitt Romney's prospects and further scrambling a Republican presidential race still in search of a front-runner.

Double-digit turnaround stuns Obama campaign

After surfing atop poll numbers that showed him with a double-digit lead less than 48 hours earlier, Barack Obama now must try to steady a campaign that had appeared all but certain to pummel Hillary Rodham Clinton in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary.

Clinton makes a comeback in New Hampshire primary

The chants began shortly after the polls closed, when a giant screen beaming live news into a university auditorium showed Hillary Rodham Clinton 4 points ahead of Barack Obama in early returns.

New Hampshire voters as varied as candidates

In Tuesday's dramatic primary contest, the voices of the voters at the Jewell Street Middle School here were as varied as the candidates:

N.H. independents hold the key

About 45 percent of New Hampshire's registered voters are not affiliated with a political party and yet it's likely they will Tuesday determine both parties' primary victors.

Obama seen as unifying black and white voters

In the frozen north that is New Hampshire, an Illinois senator is poised to do what no man has done before -- become the first African-American to emerge from the early presidential selection process as the clear front-runner.

Hillary: "I wouldn't have gone to war"

Hillary Rodham Clinton -- who voted to give President George W. Bush authority to invade Iraq in 2002 and rejected withdrawal plans for years -- on Sunday claimed she would never have taken the country to war as president.

Sharpest elbows aimed at Romney during GOP tussle

As if going for a knockout blow, Republican presidential contenders in their most contentious debate yet took dead aim at Mitt Romney Saturday night, mixing attacks on substance with wisecracks at his expense.

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