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Sanders Scores Narrow Win in New Hampshire

WASHINGTON: Senator Bernie Sanders narrowly won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, consolidating support on the left and fending off a late charge by two moderate rivals to claim his second strong showing in two weeks and establish himself as a formidable contender for the Democratic nomination.

Sanders had about 26 per cent of the vote with 90 per cent of the ballots counted, while former Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., was a close second. Buttigieg split the centrist vote with Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, who surged in New Hampshire to finish in third.

Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Sanders’s progressive rival, finished a distant fourth in her neighbouring state, and in a stinging blow to his candidacy, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. finished fifth.

The results raised immediate questions about how much longer Biden and Warren, onetime front-runners, could afford to continue their campaigns. Both had already cut back their advertising because of financial strain.