New Hampshire primary

The New Hampshire primary to the U.S. presidential election is the first U.S. presidential primary in the United States. For more than 50 years it has been highly influential in both predictions and decisions about who will be the presidential nominee of the two major U.S. political parties.

Winners and runners-up

Notes: Winner is listed first. Candidates in bold went on to win their party's nomination.

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Democrats

• 2004: John F. Kerry defeated Howard B. Dean III
• 2000: Albert A. Gore Jr. defeated William W. Bradley
• 1996: William J. Clinton (no serious opposition)
• 1992: Paul E. Tsongas defeated William J. Clinton
• 1988: Michael S. Dukakis defeated Richard A. "Dick" Gephardt
• 1984: Gary W. Hart defeated Walter F. "Fritz" Mondale
• 1980: James E. Carter Jr. defeated Edward M. Kennedy
• 1976: James E. Carter Jr. defeated Morris K. Udall
• 1972: Edmund S. Muskie defeated George S. McGovern
• 1968: Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Eugene J. "Gene" McCarthy
• 1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (no serious opposition)
• 1960: John F. Kennedy (no serious opposition)
• 1956: C. Estes Kefauver defeated Adlai E. Stevenson II
• 1952: C. Estes Kefauver defeated Harry S. Truman
• 1948: Unpledged delegates
• 1944: Unpledged delegates
• 1940: Unpledged delegates
• 1936: Unpledged delegates
• 1932: Unpledged delegates
• 1928: Unpledged delegates
• 1924: Unpledged delegates
• 1920: Unpledged delegates
• 1916: T. Woodrow Wilson (unopposed)

Republicans

• 2004: George W. Bush (no serious opposition)
• 2000: John McCain defeated George W. Bush
• 1996: Pat Buchanan defeated Bob Dole
• 1992: George H. W. Bush defeated Pat Buchanan
• 1988: George H. W. Bush defeated Bob Dole
• 1984: Ronald Reagan (no serious opposition)
• 1980: Ronald Reagan defeated George H. W. Bush
• 1976: Gerald Ford defeated Ronald Reagan
• 1972: Richard Nixon defeated Paul Norton McCloskey, Jr.
• 1968: Richard Nixon defeated Nelson Rockefeller
• 1964: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. defeated Barry Goldwater
• 1960: Richard Nixon (no serious opposition)
• 1956: Dwight Eisenhower (no serious opposition)
• 1952: Dwight Eisenhower defeated Robert A. Taft
• 1948: Unpledged delegates
• 1944: Unpledged delegates
• 1940: Unpledged delegates
• 1936: Unpledged delegates
• 1932: Unpledged delegates
• 1928: Unpledged delegates
• 1924: Calvin Coolidge (unopposed)
• 1920: Leonard Wood defeated Hiram Johnson
• 1916: Unpledged delegates