While he is battling Newt Gingrich for fourth place in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday night, Rick Santorum told his supporters that he will stay in the race and is off to South Carolina.

Following his strong showing in Iowa, where he lost to Mitt Romney by eight votes, Santorum insisted that he was satisfied with his performance though he knew New Hampshire would be a little tougher. Santorum stands with 10 percent with 65 percent of the votes counted.

Despite finishing behind Mitt Romney and Ron Paul in the New Hampshire primary with 17 percent of the vote, Jon Huntsman attempted to claim a victory on Tuesday night.

Having focused heavily on New Hampshire, even noting that nobody else even came close" to the 170 events he held in the Granite State, Huntsman attempted to claim momentum.

I think were in the hunt, Huntsman maintained. I say third place is a ticket to ride.

The camp behind former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich served notice that they intend to attack former Gov. Mitt Romney in South Carolina, releasing ads inthe Palmetto State critical of the former Massachusetts governor. Romney won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday while Gingrich is battling former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania for fourth.

Michael Krull, Gingrichs campaign manager, sent out a message to supporters on Tuesday night as the results came in.

With 1 percent of the vote in the New Hampshire primary, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, who is a distant sixth-place finisher in the Granite State, shrugged off the results on Tuesday night.

Having won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday night, Republican presidential hopeful former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts called out President Barack Obama.

Romney took to the stage in Manchester to address supporters right after the networks declared him the winner.

Tonight, we made history, Romney, who finished second in the Granite State in 2008 behind John McCain, told a cheering crowd.

Romney took aim at Obama, hammering the Democratic incumbents record on the economy and attacking his failed leadership.

Having placed third in Iowa, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas won the silver in New Hampshire. With 18 percent of the votes counted, Paul took 25 percent of the vote -- placing him well behind former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts but ahead of the other candidates. With 17 percent, former Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah took third. Huntsman focused on New Hampshire, ignoring Iowa.

Republican presidential hopeful and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was declared the winner of the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night, when TV networks and news agencies called it just after 8 p.m. EST. Polls had just closed in the Granite State. Romney became the first nonincumbent Republican presidential candidate to win both the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire presidential primary. Romney, who placed second behind John McCain in the 2008 presidential primary, dominated polls in the Granite State during the campaign cycle.

While most eyes are on New Hampshire where the Republican presidential hopefuls battle in the primary on Tuesday, We Ask America released a poll of the next state in the procession of primaries that will determine which candidate will challenge Barack Obama in November -- South Carolina, which holds its primary on Jan. 21.

Republican presidential hopeful former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman released his closing pitch to New Hampshire primary voters in a video released on Tuesday. Huntsman has focused heavily on the Granite State and is hoping for a strong showing in the primary on Tuesday.

According to two polls released on Tuesday, Huntsman is in third place -- and is in a close battle with U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas to finish second behind former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts.

A poll from Rasmussen Reports released on Tuesday morning, the day of the New Hampshire primary, finds former Gov. Mitt Romney headed for a solid win in the Granite State.