page_title: New Hampshire Democratic Party
section_title: Presidential primary winners
hierarchical_section_title: New Hampshire Democratic Party / New Hampshire presidential primary / Presidential primary winners
caption_attribution_description: Hillary Clinton greets supporters after winning the 2008 New Hampshire Democratic Primary.
context_page_description: The New Hampshire Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of New Hampshire. The chair is Raymond Buckley. The vice chairs are Martha Fuller Clark and Mo Baxley. The most recent Democratic governor was Maggie Hassan, who served from 2013 to 2017.
  The only U.S. president from New Hampshire was a Democrat, Franklin Pierce who served from 1853 to 1857.
  The New Hampshire Democratic Party has played a pivotal role in the election process for the president of the United States, with New Hampshire holding the first primary in the nation. Local Democrats in New Hampshire have huge power in determining the outcomes of elections.
context_section_description: 2016: Bernie Sanders
  2012: Barack Obama
  2008: Hillary Clinton
  2004: John Kerry
  2000: Al Gore
  1996: Bill Clinton
  1992: Paul Tsongas
  1988: Michael Dukakis
  1984: Gary Hart
  1980: Jimmy Carter
  1976: Jimmy Carter
  1972: Edmund Muskie
  1968: Lyndon B. Johnson
  1964: Lyndon B. Johnson
  1960: John F. Kennedy
  1956: Estes Kefauver
  1952: Estes Kefauver
caption: Hillary Clinton after winning the 2008 New Hampshire Primary
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