DIXVILLE — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg won the voting in Dixville where residents again gathered at midnight to kick off the state’s first-in-the-nation primary.
Never mind that Bloomberg is not on the ballot in New Hampshire. Three of Dixville’s five voters, including its only Republican, wrote in the billionaire’s name.
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