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Posted: 2020-02-12T04:04:56Z | Updated: 2020-02-12T05:15:55Z

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the projected winner of the New Hampshire primary, according to NBC News and ABC News.

His victory in the Granite State, combined with his strong showing in the chaotic Iowa caucuses, places him as the front-runner in the Democratic presidential race.

The reason I believe we are going to win is that we have an unprecedented grassroots movement from coast to coast of millions of people, Sanders told supporters at his victory party on Tuesday night. The reason we are going to win is that we are putting together an unprecedented multigenerational, multiracial movement.

In this point in the campaign, we are taking on billionaires and we are taking on campaigns funded by billionaires, but we are going to win because we have an agenda that speaks to the needs of the working people of this country, he added.

Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg appeared headed for a second-place finish in New Hampshire, with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) in third and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and former Vice President Joe Biden trailing behind.

The results of the first two states have thrown the Democratic race into a tailspin, with front-runners dropping and lower-tier candidates surging.

The person struggling most after Iowa and New Hampshire is Biden, who was the leader of the race and considered so formidable that other more moderate or establishment candidates decided not to run.

But the next leg of the presidential campaign will look very different from whats come so far. Iowa and New Hampshire are both overwhelmingly white states, while Nevada and South Carolina which come later this month are significantly more diverse.