--- title: New Hampshire Primary Camoaign Hit by Snow description: Presidential candidates braved wintry weather on Friday during the home stretch of campaigning in New Hampshire canonical: https://time.com/4210189/new-hampshire-primary-snow-donald-trump-bush-kasich/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-05T22:09:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:25.128Z article:section: Politics og:title: Candidates Weather a True New Hampshire Test: Snow og:description: Stump speeches and snowball fights og:url: https://time.com/4210189/new-hampshire-primary-snow-donald-trump-bush-kasich/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89b1ec6b9220173d/69887c5f5f570fca56b1f86c/john-kasich-snow-new-hampshire.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2496 og:image:height: 1404 og:image:alt: John-Kasich-snow-New-Hampshire og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Candidates Weather a True New Hampshire Test: Snow twitter:description: Stump speeches and snowball fights twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89b1ec6b9220173d/69887c5f5f570fca56b1f86c/john-kasich-snow-new-hampshire.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Candidates Weather a True New Hampshire Test: Snow > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Feb 5, 2016 10:09 PM UTC  John Kasich smiles during a snowball fight following a town hall on Feb. 5 in Hollis, N.H. John Kasich smiles during a snowball fight following a town hall on Feb. 5 in Hollis, N.H. Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Feb 5, 2016 10:09 PM UTC The presidential candidates braved wintry weather on Friday during the home stretch of [campaigning in New Hampshire](http://time.com/4209012/democratic-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-new-hampshire/), a state that is simultaneously critical to their electoral hopes and inevitably prone to snow in the days before the primary. Both Democrats and Republicans made stops across the state ahead of [Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary](http://time.com/4203846/new-hampshire-primary-preview/), but the weather forced others to alter their plans. Republican [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4208870/donald-trump-brags/)—who usually flies his private jet back to homes in New York or Florida to sleep there rather than stay on the trail overnight—cancelled a town hall event in Londonderry, citing the weather and airport closures. The event has been rescheduled for Monday, and Trump’s campaign said in a statement that he would be back in the state on Saturday through Tuesday. He said he was [headed to South Carolina](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/695716589388308480) on Friday night. That quickly became campaign fodder for Jeb Bush, who [called out Trump](https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/695669272119529472/photo/1) for the cancellation by invoking his [90-year-old mother](http://time.com/4208971/barbara-bush-jeb-campaign-new-hampshire/) Barbara Bush and a 5-year-old girl, both of whom managed to get out to campaign events despite the snow. > [](https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/695669272119529472) Hillary Clinton’s press bus slid backwards down a hill after pulling up to an event in Manchester on Friday, and her Democratic rival Bernie Sanders [stood outside in the snow](https://twitter.com/kartpath/status/695671582287663105) to speak to an overflow crowd at one of his events. But it was Republican John Kasich who appeared to have the most fun with the weather, launching snowballs at journalists and playing in the snow with some of his supporters. “Only time I’ve gone on the attack!” the [Ohio Governor wrote on Twitter](https://twitter.com/JohnKasich/status/695693693488070657). “Kasich 1, Media 0.” > [](https://twitter.com/teddyschleifer/status/695692107583873028) > [](https://twitter.com/teddyschleifer/status/695689822053138433) –_With reporting by Philip Elliott, Zeke J Miller and Jay Newton-Small_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4210189/new-hampshire-primary-snow-donald-trump-bush-kasich/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4210189/new-hampshire-primary-snow-donald-trump-bush-kasich/"},"headline":"Candidates Weather a True New Hampshire Test: Snow","datePublished":"2016-02-05T22:09:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:25.128Z","description":"Stump speeches and snowball fights","url":"https://time.com/4210189/new-hampshire-primary-snow-donald-trump-bush-kasich/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89b1ec6b9220173d/69887c5f5f570fca56b1f86c/john-kasich-snow-new-hampshire.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89b1ec6b9220173d/69887c5f5f570fca56b1f86c/john-kasich-snow-new-hampshire.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"John-Kasich-snow-New-Hampshire","caption":"HOLLIS, NH - FEBRUARY 05: Ohio Governor and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich smiles during a snowball fight with his staff following a town hall style meeting on February 5, 2016 in Hollis, New Hampshire. 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