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Nikki Haley closing the gap with Donald Trump in New Hampshire, new polls show

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2 years ago

January 9, 2024

Nikki Haley closing the gap with Donald Trump in New Hampshire, new polls show

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has chipped away at former President Donald Trump’s lead in the New Hampshire primary race as she’s now within single digits of first place, according to a new poll.

Haley trails Trump by 7 percentage points among likely GOP voters in the Granite State, a CNN poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire and released Tuesday found.

The survey shows the former South Carolina governor receiving the support of 32% of voters compared to Trump’s 39% backing.

Support for Haley in New Hampshire has surged since November, rising by 12 percentage points since the last CNN/UNH poll.

The source of the former UN ambassador’s substantial upswing in polling lies in her strength with moderates, independents and those with college degrees – voting blocs where Haley has, in some cases, massive double-digit leads over the 77-year-old former president.

Haley has surged in New Hampshire since October, new polls show. AFP via Getty Images

Haley leads Trump by 42 points among moderates, 26 points among undeclared voters and 12 points among college graduates, whereas the former president tops the 51-year-old former governor by 40 points among conservatives, 37 points among registered GOP voters and 17 points among those that didn’t go to college.

Besides Haley, no other candidate is within striking distance of Trump with two weeks to go until the New Hampshire primary.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stands at 12% support, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is at 8% and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has plunged to 5%, according to the CNN/UNH survey.

A USA TODAY/Boston Globe/Suffolk University poll also shows Haley making significant gains on Trump, but still pegs her 20 points behind the former president in the first-in-the-nation primary.

Donald Trump — Trump still leads Haley in both New Hampshire polls released Friday. AFP via Getty Images

Trump leads Haley in New Hampshire 46%-26%, according to the poll released Tuesday, with momentum on the side of the former South Carolina governor.

In October, the same survey found Trump with a 30-point lead over Haley, but the former president’s support has dipped 3 percentage points since then, while the former governor’s has increased by 7 percentage points.

If Christie were to drop out of the race before the Jan. 23 contest, many of his supporters would flock to Haley, the survey found, but not enough to put the former UN ambassador over the top.

Trump’s lead over Haley narrows to 47%-32% in that scenario, but Christie insists that he has no plans to exit the race.

New Hampshire GOP Chairman Chris Ager declared last month that Haley, who received the coveted endorsement of New Hampshire’s Republican Gov. Chris Sununu in December, can “absolutely” win the Granite State.

“Expect the unexpected,” Ager told “Cats & Cosby Show” host John Catsimatidis.

The state GOP chairman noted that with two upcoming New Hampshire debates – one on Jan. 18 hosted by ABC News and WMUR-TV and another on Jan. 21 that will air on CNN – and with same-day voting, if “somebody catches fire, this is the place they can do that.”

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5-year-old injured in New Year’s day Manchester, New Hampshire apartment building fire dies

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1 hour ago

January 10, 2026

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5-year-old injured in New Year’s day Manchester, New Hampshire apartment building fire dies

January 10, 2026 / 4:58 PM EST
/ CBS Boston

The child who was injured during a New Year’s Day apartment building fire in Manchester, New Hampshire has died, the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal announced on Saturday.

The 5-year-old girl had been found unresponsive in a fourth-floor bedroom by firefighters. She was rushed to a Boston hospital in critical condition and passed on Wednesday. The Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has performed an autopsy to determine her cause of death.

The fire began just 30 minutes after midnight on Union Street. The flames raged on the third and fourth floors before spreading to the roof. One man was killed in the fire. He was identified as 70-year-old Thomas J. Casey, and his cause of death was determined to be smoke inhalation, according to the medical examiner.

One woman was rushed to a Boston hospital in critical condition. Five other people received serious injuries and were hospitalized. All the victims have since been discharged, according to the fire marshal.

Residents could be seen waiting in windows and on balconies for firefighters to rescue them.

“I kicked into high gear. I got my family rallied up. My son, my daughter, my wife. And I tried to find a way to get down safely off of one of the railings by trying to slide down one of the poles. But that didn’t work out,” said resident Jonathan Barrett.

Fire investigators believe the fire is not suspicious and started in a third-floor bedroom. The building did not have a sprinkler system but did have an operational fire alarm, the fire marshal said.

Around 10 families were displaced by the fire and are receiving help from the Red Cross. Around 50 people lived in the building.

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New Hampshire services respond to 7-car crash

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13 hours ago

January 10, 2026

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New Hampshire services respond to 7-car crash

SPRINGFIELD, N.H. (ABC22/FOX44) – After an icy morning on Interstate 89 that saw multiple cars in a crash in Springfield, New Hampshire, responders say that they are thankful that only one person sustained injuries.

According to Springfield Fire Rescue, they originally were called at 7:40 a.m. on Friday for a reported two-car crash between Exits 12A and 13 – but arrived to find 7 vehicles involved, including 6 off the road.

According to authorities, all of the occupants of the cars were able to get themselves out and only one needed to be taken to the hospital. Their injuries were reported to be non-life-threatening.

“Springfield Fire Rescue would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone to slow down and move over when emergency vehicles are in the roadway. The area where this incident occurred was very icy and we witnessed several other vehicles almost lose control when they entered the scene at too great a speed.”

Responders from New London, Enfield, and Springfield, as well as NH State Police, helped respond to the incident and clear the vehicles from the road, as well as to treat the ice to make the road safe.

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Man killed in NH snowmobile crash

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1 day ago

January 9, 2026

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An Alton man is dead after a snowmobile crash in New Hampshire’s North Country Thursday afternoon.

The New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game says 63-year-old Bradford Jones was attempting to negotiate a left hand turn on Corridor Trail 5 in Colebrook when he lost control of his snowmobile, struck multiple trees off the side of the trail and was thrown from the vehicle shortly before 3:30 p.m.

Jones was riding with another snowmobiler, who was in the lead at the time of the crash, according to the agency. Once the other man realized Jones was no longer behind him, he turned around and traveled back where he found Jones significantly injured, lying off the trail beside his damaged snowmobile.

The man immediately rendered aid to Jones and called 911 for assistance, NH Fish and Game said. The Colebrook Fire Department used their rescue tracked all terrain vehicle and a specialized off road machine to transport first responders across about a mile of trail to the crash scene.

Once there, a conservation officer and 45th Parallel EMS staff attempted lifesaving measures for approximately an hour, but Jones ultimately died from his injuries at the scene of the crash, officials said.

The crash remains under investigation, but conservation officers are considering speed for the existing trail conditions to have been a primary factor in this deadly incident.

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