Trump wins New Hampshire GOP presidential primary, AP projects

Former President Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday night, dispatching his remaining major competitor former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and cementing his grip on a third straight GOP nomination.

Trump's win made electoral politics history as the first time that a non-incumbent won a contested race in both Iowa and New Hampshire to open a presidential election season.

According to a local ABC affiliate, many polling locations stayed open until 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m. or 8 p.m. 

The Associated Press made the call around 8pm on Tuesday.

New Hampshire is the second state to hold a primary election following Iowa, which Trump won.

The latest polls showed Trump leading Haley by a wide margin just before Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., suspended his campaign on Sunday ahead of Tuesday's election in the Granite State.

Haley was endorsed by Gov. Christopher Sununu, R-N.H. 

According to USA Today as of Sunday, InsiderAdvantage had Trump 27 points above Haley while a Boston Globe/Suffolk poll showed a 19-point advantage for Trump. Washington Post/Monmouth had it at 18 points and WHDH-TV/Emerson had Trump winning by 16 points.