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Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has won an easy New Hampshire primary. What is surprising perhaps is who came in second: Ohio Governor John Kasich. VPC
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NASHUA, N.H. — Donald Trump and the Republicans chasing him began the battle of South Carolina on Wednesday, one day after Trump's rout in New Hampshire re-established him as the GOP front-runner.
"Something's going on — it's a movement," Trump told NBC's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Today<span style="color: Red;">*</span>show after a win<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in which he took twice the number of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>voters of his nearest competitor,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
Trump, who holds a rally Wednesday night at Clemson University in South Carolina,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>claimed<span style="color: Red;">*</span>New Hampshire eight days after a second-place finish in the Iowa caucuses raised questions about his ability to generate votes to match his poll numbers.
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Trump wins N.H. GOP primary, Kasich is second
With that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>runner-up finish, Kasich joined Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and Marco Rubio on the list of Republicans seeking a one-on-one showdown with Trump for the GOP presidential nomination.
It's also possible the Republican race could soon shrink. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who finished a disappointing sixth in New Hampshire, told supporters he would return to his home on Wednesday to assess the future of his campaign.
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Christie heads home to 'make a decision' after poor finish in N.H.
While Kasich focused almost all of his campaign on New Hampshire, he told NBC's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Today<span style="color: Red;">*</span>show that the grass-roots organization he used in that state is one that "we will be able to use throughout the country."
Kasich, who flew overnight to South Carolina,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said New Hampshire<span style="color: Red;">*</span>voters responded to his optimistic tone<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— "I was the only one with a really positive message" — but he will fight back against Trump or any other candidate who attacks him now that he is emerging in the race.
"Somebody<span style="color: Red;">*</span>wants to mess with me, they're messing with the wrong guy," Kasich told NBC.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"I'm not gonna sit there and be a marshmallow and have somebody pound me."
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After N.H., Kasich vaults to GOP prominence
Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, also traveled to South Carolina, saying he has the organization and family history to win there while Kasich has virtually no organization in the Palmetto State. Bush said his candidacy is still alive after what appears to be a fourth-place finish in New Hampshire.
Bush<span style="color: Red;">*</span>also vowed to maintain his attacks on Trump, saying the businessman's campaign<span style="color: Red;">*</span>is based on insults and disparagement, and a Trump nomination would gravely damage the Republican Party in the fall election.
Republicans in South Carolina want "the most conservative candidate who can win — and that is me," Bush told CNN.
Marco Rubio is also traveling to South Carolina, looking to recover from what looks like a disappointing fifth-place finish in New Hampshire. Rubio, who had hoped to capitalize on a stronger-than-expected third-place finish in Iowa, cited a poor debate showing in New Hampshire<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and the "negative" media coverage that followed it.
"That's on me," Rubio told Fox News.
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Rubio supporters down, but not fazed after N.H.
Also campaigning in South Carolina: Ted Cruz, who won the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1 and declared success with his apparent third-place finish in New Hampshire.
As the votes rolled in Tuesday, the Cruz campaign sent out a fundraising email telling backers: "We are just 11 days from the tipping point" of the Republican race —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"the South Carolina primary."
A Republican who is not<span style="color: Red;">*</span>traveling to South Carolina: Christie, whose criticism of Rubio during Saturday's debate won him strong reviews, but whose sixth-place finish in the New Hampshire primary weakened his campaign.
The New Jersey governor said he would "take a deep breath" and figure out the way forward.
Trump, speaking on Fox News, praised Christie but joked: "I want everybody to get out except for me."
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