Republican and Democratic presidential candidates pursue on-the-fence New Hampshire voters as the state heads to the polls in the nation's first primary, February 9, 2016. The primary marks in the state marks is 100th anniversary this year.
The northeastern state, home to just 1.3 million people, sets the tone for the primaries and could shake out a crowded Republican field of candidates pitting Trump and arch-conservative Senator Ted Cruz against more establishment candidates led by Senator Marco Rubio.
In this photo, town moderator Leslie Schoof (L) casts a ballot for a resident after they voted in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary in Hart's Location, New Hampshire, February 9, 2016. The community of Hart's Location is one of three tiny New Hampshire towns that cast the state's first votes of the primary, as the clock strikes midnight.
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