Midnight N.H. vote: Cruz, Kasich, Trump in 3 way tie

It’s a three way Republican tie.

First in the nation results are in for the first in the nation New Hampshire primary, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, real estate mogul Donald Trump and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio are tied with nine votes each. Among Democrats, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind.-Vt. is ahead.

It all means virtually nothing. Those are the results of a handful of votes just after midnight in three locations that pride themselves in being the nation’s first. They’re not good predictors of what will happen later in the day; in 2012. Jon Huntsman, the former Utah governor, did well. That proved to be the peak of his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

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This year, Dixville Notch, probably the best known of the locations, saw Kasich defeat Trump, 3 to 2. Sanders swept the Democratic rate with four votes.

In Millsfield, Cruz cruised over Trump, 9 to 3. Kasich got one vote. On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton eked out a 2 to 1 win over Sanders.

Sanders rebounded in Hart’s Location, topping Clinton 12 to 7. Among Republicans, Kasich won over Trump, 5 to 4.

The rest of the state’s polls started opening at 6 A.M.

This story was originally published February 9, 2016 at 6:14 AM with the headline "Midnight N.H. vote: Cruz, Kasich, Trump in 3 way tie."