Photos from the 2012 New Hampshire Primary.
January 10, 2012Here are some images from Monday and Tuesday as the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire Primary gets underway. (Click on the first image. Then advance photos using the arrow buttons adjacent to the captions.
If you want to get close to a future president, New Hampshire is the place to do it. GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney appears at a rally at Exeter High School in Exeter, NH.
New Jersey governor Chris Christie stumps for Mitt Romney at Exeter High School.
Mitt Romney introduces his wife Ann to the crowd at Exeter High School.
Media from all over the world descends upon New Hampshire for the primary.
One of the most American of institutions is the Rotary Club and candidate attendance at Rotary is mandatory in New Hampshire. Newt Gingrich speaks to the Nashua Rotary Club.
A Nashua Rotarian shows his support for Newt.
The New Hampshire Primary is a school holiday in the state. These two Mitt Romney supporters stand outside an elementary school polling place in Manchester.
To get to the White House you have to have a bus. The graphically-rich motor coach has become a standard piece of equipment for presidential candidates.
A one-two punch. First Newt Gingrich appears at Webster Elementary School in Manchester. He would shortly be followed by Mitt Romney.
There's no Democratic contest this election year. Obama is on the ticket unopposed. That fact does not keep his supporters from mixing with the Republicans.
The New Hampshire Primary brings out the most ardent political supporters. This young man chants for Mitt Romney.
Entering the polling place. The election official would insist that the Romney yard sign not be taken inside.
The prohibitive favorite to win on election day was Mitt Romney. But supporters of other candidates turn out like this one for Rick Santorum.
Romney supporters light up as his bus approaches the polling location at Webster Elementary School in Manchester.
Front-runner Mitt Romney works the line outside the polling location at Webster Elementary School in Manchester.
Romney is nearly lost in a sea of media. It's sort of like Where's Waldo (Romney)? Hint: look directly below the fuzzy microphone windscreen coming in from the top of the frame.
Every candidate has an education platform. One can see why in this sign posted on the Webster Elementary School door.
Former senator and GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum made it to Radio Row in Manchester on election day.
Are we looking at the general election ballot? A lone Obama supporter stands next to someone holding signs for Mitt Romney.
This little girl may be too young to be in school. But it doesn't matter. The New Hampshire primary is a school holiday in the state.