New Hampshire primary: Sanders has narrow lead over Buttigieg
The polls are closed in New Hampshire, and with 81.3 percent of precincts reporting, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is leading the Democratic presidential primary.
Sanders has 26 percent of the vote, followed by former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg with 24.3 percent. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is in a close third with 19.9 percent of the vote, while Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has 9.4 percent. Former Vice President Joe Biden rounds out the top five with 8.5 percent.
Sanders won the New Hampshire Democratic primary in 2016.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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