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And the Winners of the New Hampshire Midnight Primaries Are…

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Jeff Stevens and other voters wait for the last few seconds to midnight to cast their votes in the U.S. Presidential primary election at the Hale House at Balsams Hotel in Dixville Notch, NH on Feb. 8, 2016.
Jeff Stevens and other voters wait for the last few seconds to midnight to cast their votes in the U.S. Presidential primary election at the Hale House at Balsams Hotel in Dixville Notch, NH on Feb. 8, 2016.Mike Segar—Reuters
By NBC News

Voters in the tiny community of Dixville Notch in the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire have had their say. And the winners are:

Kasich earned three votes to Donald Trump’s two. Sanders swept all four Democratic votes.

That’s right — there are only nine voters in Dixville, a resort area about 20 miles from the Canadian border, and the voting took all of about 30 seconds.

Kasich, who is hoping for a strong New Hampshire primary finish to give him momentum heading into the South Carolina and Nevada primaries later this month, personally called all nine voters in Dixville Notch, his campaign said…

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