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THE AFTERMATH
In N.H., GOP insiders took it on the chin
The call went out to members of the Republican establishment only days before the New Hampshire primary. Their candidate was in a tight race, maybe even in trouble. They should do what they could to save him up there -- and, implicitly, to save themselves. But the GOP establishment did too little, or did it too late, or too lamely.
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N.H. PRIMARY VOTE
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Republican
100% of precincts reporting
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McCain
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49%
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Bush
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30%
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Forbes
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13%
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Keyes
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6%
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Bauer
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1%
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Democrats
100% of precincts reporting
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Gore
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50%
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Bradley
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46%
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Percentages will not necessarily add to 100.
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N.H. DELEGATES WON
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Republican
100% of precincts reporting
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McCain
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9
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Bush
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6
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Forbes
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2
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Democrats
100% of precincts reporting
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Gore
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13
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Bradley
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9
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Laura Kiernan's column on New Hampshire politics appears in The Boston Sunday Globe.
 Earlier Kiernan columns
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ELLEN GOODMAN
Women of New Hampshire send Bush a message
 For months there's been this aura about Bush: He was the one Republican who could reverse the gender gap that had put Bill Clinton in the White House. But in the end, canned compassion lost to character, a compassionate conservative lost to a passionate conservative.
Vote totals for candidates, with 300 of 300 precincts reporting
REPUBLICANS
| John McCain | 115,545 (49%) |
| George W. Bush | 71,492 (30%) |
| Steve Forbes | 29,615 (13%) |
| Alan Keyes | 15,170 (6%) |
| Write-ins | 2,068 (1%) |
| Gary Bauer | 1,671 (1%) |
| Orrin Hatch | 147 (0%) |
| Kenneth Capalbo | 137 (0%) |
| Dorian Yeager | 92 (0%) |
| Andy Martin | 76 (0%) |
| Samuel Berry | 54 (0%) |
| Timothy Mosby | 31 (0%) |
| Mark 'Dick' Harnes | 28 (0%) |
| Richard Peet | 23 (0%) |
| Tom Oyler | 12 (0%) |
DEMOCRATS
| Al Gore | 76,527 (50%) |
| Bill Bradley | 70,295 (46%) |
| Write-ins | 3,667 (2%) |
| Charles Buckley | 375 (0%) |
| Heather Harder | 171 (0%) |
| Jeffrey Peters | 148 (0%) |
| John Eaton | 121 (0%) |
| Lyndon LaRouche | 118 (0%) |
| Mark Greenstein | 91 (0%) |
| Jim Taylor | 81 (0%) |
| Edward O'Donnell | 46 (0%) |
| Nathaniel Mullins | 36 (0%) |
| Randolph Crow | 29 (0%) |
| Vincent Hamm | 25 (0%) |
| Willie Carter | 23 (0%) |
| Thomas Koos | 21 (0%) |
| Michael Skok | 16 (0%) |
How primaries work
Candidates' N.H. offices
1996 primary results
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Recent New Hampshire primary news and opinion
N.H. political library amasses primary oddities, By Lois R. Shea, Globe Staff, 4/9/2000
Mondale recalls N.H., By Thomas Oliphant, Globe Columnist, 2/15/2000 -OPINION
Candidates go, leave millions for state economy, By Lois R. Shea, Globe Staff, 2/13/2000
What is a New Hampshire victory really worth?, By Scot Lehigh, Globe Staff, 2/6/2000
Political taunts mine a puerile vein, By Jan Freeman, 2/6/2000 -OPINION
GOP insiders take one on chin, By David M. Shribman, Globe Columnist, 2/4/2000 -OPINION
Women of New Hampshire send Bush a message, By Ellen Goodman, Globe Columnist, 2/3/2000 -OPINION
Publicly, Capitol Hill takes N.H. finish in stride, By Mary Leonard, Globe Staff, 2/3/2000
McCain surpassed Bush in all but a few N.H. towns, By Jill Zuckman, Globe Staff, 2/3/2000
Earlier stories
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