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Article: Hillary Clinton claws back with New Hampshire win.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
- Article date:
- January 9, 2008
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Hillary Clinton claws back with New Hampshire win
Sridhar Krishnaswami
Washington, Jan 9 (PTI) -- Defying opinion polls and political pundits who had virtually written her off, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today defeated front-runner Barack Obama in a nail-biting New Hampshire Democratic presidential nomination contest to resurrect her campaign to be the first woman president of the United States.
With more than 70 per cent of the precincts counted the former first lady had come away with 40 per cent of the votei n the presidential primary with Obama coming a close second at 36 per cent. Former Senator John Edwards posted 17 per cent of the ...