The victory pushed McCain, a staunch Iraq war supporter, into the top tier of candidates as the race headed into an intense month of campaigning culminating in the Super Tuesday nominating contests on February 5, when some 22 states pick presidential candidates.
MANCHESTER, N.H (Reuters) - Arizona Sen. John McCain won the New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday, a huge boost to his bid for the U.S. presidential nomination just months after his campaign was being written off as a lost cause, U.S. media projected.
The victory pushed McCain, a staunch Iraq war supporter, into the top tier of candidates as the race headed into an intense month of campaigning culminating in the Super Tuesday nominating contests on February 5, when some 22 states pick presidential candidates.
