--- title: Ben Carson Leaves New Hampshire Before Primary Polls Close description: Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson is leaving New Hampshire before polls close in the state’s primary on Tuesday, his campaign said canonical: https://time.com/4214701/ben-carson-new-hampshire/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-09T22:52:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:41:07.879Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ben Carson Leaves New Hampshire For South Carolina Before Polls Close og:description: He had left Iowa early to "get some fresh clothes" og:url: https://time.com/4214701/ben-carson-new-hampshire/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bb863bf28533edc/69887ce4cd1bba29fc6ff585/ben-carson-new-hampshire1.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Ben Carson Holds Campaign Event In Manchester, NH og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ben Carson Leaves New Hampshire For South Carolina Before Polls Close twitter:description: He had left Iowa early to "get some fresh clothes" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bb863bf28533edc/69887ce4cd1bba29fc6ff585/ben-carson-new-hampshire1.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ben Carson Leaves New Hampshire for South Carolina Before Polls Close > Sponsored content. 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Across New Hampshire, candidates are engaging in the kind of retail politics that is only possible in a small state: attending luncheons and speaking at town halls, shaking voters’ hands in restaurants, and taking hundreds of selfies._  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Feb 9, 2016 10:52 PM UTC  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Feb 9, 2016 10:52 PM UTC Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson is [leaving New Hampshire before polls close](http://www.politico.com/blogs/new-hampshire-primary-2016-live-updates/2016/02/ben-carson-skips-new-hampshire-party-219001) in the state’s primary on Tuesday, his campaign said in a statement. The retired neurosurgeon is headed to South Carolina “after several stops meeting with New Hampshire voters, supporters and media today,” the statement said. The announcement comes after some of rival Ted Cruz’s supporters allegedly told Iowa caucus-goers earlier this month that [Carson was dropping out of the race](http://time.com/4203730/ben-carson-ted-cruz-caucus-dirty-tricks/). Carson had instead left the campaign trail to go home to Florida to “[get some fresh clothes](http://time.com/4203578/iowa-caucus-2016-ben-carson/).” “During such a crucial campaign for America’s future, it’s sad to see the press more pre-occupied with dissecting the minutia of his schedule than reporting on his proposals to reinvigorate the country,” Carson’s campaign team said. “As he continues on to South Carolina and beyond, he will do so with a renewed energy from the faith and support of the many great individuals he met across New Hampshire.” ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] Theres just a few days left until the primary. So here in New Hampshire all the candidates are hosting events 30 minutes, maybe 10, 15 minutes away from each other Throughout the day. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Okay. Kind of crazy stairs. The camera lady should be careful. Ask yourselves this. How many presidential elections have you heard the same things? We're gonna secure the border. We've been talking about that for 25 years, folks. We're gonna reform the tax code. We're gonna reform social security. We're gonna care for our veterans. Has any of that happened in the last 40 years? No. When we began our campaign, there were a lot of media pundits who were commenting on my hair. [ LAUGH ] [ INAUDIBLE ] A lot has changed in the last nine months. Is it fair that we have more income and wealth inequality than any major country on Earth today? Why is that? [ APPLAUSE ] [ INAUDIBLE ] [ INAUDIBLE ] [ APPLAUSE ] Sometimes run into people who say I'm trying to make up my mind between you and Senator Sanders. Sometimes they have a specific question, but sometimes they said, well, it's kinda between my heart and my head. I said, well I can solve that for you. What motivates me everyday is what's in my heart. [ APPLAUSE ] I wanna say a word to the extraordinary People particularly young people who are supporting Senator Sanders. I know you may not be for me now, but I am for you and I << will work hard. [ MUSIC ] [ CROSSTALK ] Whoo. Whoo. [ UNKNOWN ] How are you? Good to see you [ UNKNOWN ]. Good to see you. [ CROSSTALK ] We really wanted to come by cause [ UNKNOWN ] was the place where we kicked off our campaign in June. On the day that we announced we left New Jersey came right to New Hampshire and did our first town hall meeting. Thank you. Thank you for coming. Thank you. You enjoyed it up here right? Yes we did. We just left the Christi event and it only lasted 15 minutes. It was definitely the shortest event of the day. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Over and over again, when we face impossible odds, the American people rose to the challenge. Everyone's here tonight because we recognize our country's in crisis. We're bankrupting our kids and grandkids. Our Constitutional rights are under assault each and every day. And America has receded from leadership in the world and it has made the world a much more dangerous place. The stakes in this election could not be higher. [ NOISE ] If we wake up on, what is it, the first Wednesday in November, maybe it's the second Wednesday in November, to the news that Bernie Sanders is the president of the United States. Or to the news that Hilary Clinton is the president of the United States. [ NOISE ] You like her less than Bernie. [ LAUGH ] If you nominate me, I will unify this party. We can't win unless we're together and the Democrats would love nothing more than to have us fighting against each other for the next six months. I will unify the conservative movement, if I'm our nominee. [ APPLAUSE ]. [ MUSIC ]. Take care buddy. 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