Dixville Notch, N.H., the tiny first-in-the-nation town in the U.S. where a handful of voters, eight, cast their votes at midnight on Election Day, has chosen Hillary Clinton for president.
Four votes went to Clinton early Tuesday morning, two to Republican nominee Donald Trump, one for Libertarian Gary Johnson and one write-in for 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney.
The Senate race came down to a tie. Incumbent Kelly Ayotte, R, received four votes, the same number as her challenger, Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan.
In the governor’s race, Republican Chris Sununu came out on top with 6 votes, while Democrat Colin Van Ostern got 2 votes.
What a thrill to have been part of such a great NH tradition. #nhpolitics pic.twitter.com/S1b1JrYLD8
— Chris Sununu (@ChrisSununu) November 8, 2016
Thanks to a law in New Hampshire that allows communities with fewer than 100 residents to vote at midnight, three small towns in the state have the privilege of being the first communities to cast votes in primary and general elections. Dixville Notch, about 20 miles from the Canadian border, is the most well known, and has been voting at midnight in every election since 1960. It is joined by Millsfield and Hart’s Location.
Trump and his running mate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence won in Millsfield with 16 votes, up against 4 for Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who lost the Democratic primary to Clinton, received one vote.
Another midnight vote in Millsfield, NH: Trump beats Clinton 16 to 4. With one Bernie write in pic.twitter.com/KoUawGjZRc
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) November 8, 2016
The Clinton/Pence ticket was victorious in Hart’s Location, beating Trump/Pence 17-14.
Clinton, who is in her first general election for president, lost the 2008 Dixville Notch primary vote to Obama 7-2, though she ended up winning the state.
In this year’s February primary contests, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Sanders won the most votes in the New England hamlet.
Last election, in 2012, President Obama and Romney tied in Dixville Notch at 5 votes apiece. In 2008, Obama became the first Democrat to win the town’s vote in 40 years with 15 votes.
