UPDATED: Sanders Claims Victory in NH Over Buttigieg, Klobuchar Finishes Third
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) won the New Hampshire Democratic primary with 97% reporting.
Sanders scored just 25.9% of the vote. Former Mayor of South Bend Pete Buttigieg is in second with 24.4%, but just 4,000 votes behind.
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In 2016, Sanders won the N.H. Democratic primary over Hillary Clinton garnering 152,193 votes and 60.14% of the vote. In 2020, Sanders won less than half the number of votes with 73,470.
The biggest disappointments of the night were U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) with less than 10 percent of the vote and former Vice President Joe Biden is a distant 5th.
Nurses Celebrate
Members of National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest union of registered nurses, celebrated Senator Bernie Sanders’ New Hampshire primary win, saying it shows voters want a president who fights for the people.
“The people of New Hampshire have spoken, and nurses are so moved to know that their support is with Senator Bernie Sanders,” said NNU Executive Director Bonnie Castillo, RN. “No one better embodies nurses’ values than Bernie. His platform is the strongest on protecting workers and strengthening the labor movement, he has stood by nurses’ side for decades in the fight for Medicare for All, and he is the only candidate who is building a grassroots movement to win on the issues that matter most to working people and families across America.”
“I canvassed in New Hampshire with my fellow Maine nurses, and the support for Bernie was through the roof,” said NNU Vice President Cokie Giles, of Bangor, Maine. “At one house, there was an older couple, and the woman was raising her fist in the air for Bernie. His platform really speaks to all generations and all walks of life.”
Drop Outs
Democratic Presidential candidates tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang and U. S Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) have dropped out of the 2020 primary.
