there is So much to watch in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, NBC’s Henry Gomez writes.
According to the secretary of state’s office, seven cities and towns in New Hampshire that have correctly selected the last winner of the statewide GOP primary since 1952 are: East Kingston, Lancaster, Newmarket, Pembroke, Rochester, Sanbornton and Washington. .
One they saw both Trump and Haley pass through in the final days before Tuesday’s primary: Rochester.
Trump He held one of his last big events in Rochester, NH on Sunday night, a small town in the southeastern part of the state. In 2016, Trump carried the city by 20 points, close to a 23-point statewide margin of victory.
“It’s a good mix of the makeup of the modern New Hampshire Republican Party,” said Ryan Williams, a Republican strategist who worked on Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign and for former Republican Sen. John Sun.
“You have very conservative activists and long-time party loyalists,” Williams said. “So it’s getting quite a bit of attention in the elementary grades.”
NBC New Hampshire’s Emma Barnett traveled to Rochester this weekend to get a sense of how voters are feeling about the primary, and found plenty of Trump fans, along with some Haley supporters who tend to be undeclared voters.
Read more about the view from this bell NBCNews.comand don’t miss Barnett’s piece What he learned during his seven months in the Granite State.
In other campaign news…
Closure arguments: Trump and Haley made their final appeals to New Hampshire voters in duels Monday night. NBC’s Jake Traylor reports that Trump stressed that Republicans are united behind him, joining former rivals Vivek Ramaswamy, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum. Appearing with Granite State Gov. Chris Sununu, Haley said this time Trump was the candidate of “the entire political elite,” according to NBC’s Sarah Dean and Greg Hyatt.
Don’t vote, boo: New Hampshire officials they investigate the robocall appears to be a feature imitation of artificial intelligence President Joe Biden told Democrats not to vote in the New Hampshire primary. NBC’s Alex Seitz-Wald and Mike Memoli broke the story states are considering how to regulate AI and deep fraud this election cycle.
More confirmation: Trump has faced several new endorsements over the past day, including South Carolina representatives. Nancy Mays and Jeff DuncanRep. of Virginia. Bob Good and Florida Attorney General. Ashley Moody. What’s more, both the GOP House and Senate campaign arms chiefs criticized Trump for the party’s “likely candidate.”
To keep in neutral: While more than half of the Senate GOP is behind Trump, Politico reports that some of the senators who abstained We don’t count Heley yet.
Expected games: Haley told NBC’s Ali Vitali of the goal Monday Ends Tuesday “stronger” than in Iowa “and then proceed to my sweet state of South Carolina.” Meanwhile, it’s a game of expectations A tough one for BidenAccording to Seitz-Wald, the New Hampshire primary is not on the ballot but has supporters who want Democrats to write it in.
Courtroom drama: Defamation lawsuit filed against Trump by writer E. Jean Carroll adjourned until Wednesday Over Covid concerns and Trump spent his first day attacking Carroll on social media.
Such friends: Just one day after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropped out of the GOP presidential race to endorse Trump threatened to veto Florida’s legislative effort to have the state pay Trump’s legal costs.
Burgum’s swan song: North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum said Monday will not be a candidate for a third term.
Trump participates in high-level debates in the Senate: The GOP front-runner played a major role on both Mondays Ohio GOP Senate debatewhere candidates battle for their party’s direction and in California Democrats teamed up for the best Republicans in the race criticizing him for his party’s standard-bearer.
New map: Louisiana GOP Gov. Jeff Landry Congress signed a new billCreating a second majority-Black district that splits GOP Rep. Garrett Graves’ home seat, according to the Shreveport Times.