Barack Obama Wins New Hampshire's Primary

President Barack Obama won this year's Democratic Primary in New Hampshire. An army of volunteers spread out across the Granite State to talk about the President's record and hear from voters. To see a slideshow of photos from the volunteers, click here.

The Washington Post called the New Hampshire primary a "dress rehearsal for November."

Among the first-term accomplishments touted by the Obama campaign:

- Passed the Affordable Care Act to make health care more affordable for more than 30 million Americans.

- Cut taxes for 95% of working families and closed corporate tax loopholes that were sending profits overseas.

- Put in place historic fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks to lower costs at the pump and reduce dependence on foreign oil.

- Ended the war in Iraq.

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