EXETER, New Hampshire — Former President Donald Trump made history Tuesday night, receiving the highest raw vote total in the history of New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary.
Trump had more than 172,000 votes with 95% of the estimated ballots counted as of Wednesday afternoon, beating former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley by more than 35,000 votes.
The previous raw vote record was held by socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who received 152,193 votes in defeating Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic primary — triggering a months-long race that ran until early June.
