CONCORD, N.H. – Ohio Gov. John Kasich needed to be the big story coming out of the New Hampshire primary.
He did his part Tuesday by winning the race that mattered most – the
race for second place in a large and muddled Republican presidential
field.
The strong showing elevates Kasich as a top alternative to Donald
Trump, the billionaire real estate mogul whose angry rhetoric frightens
the party's establishment.
Trump won New Hampshire decisively, recovering from his collapse
last week in the Iowa caucuses. But Kasich beat everyone else,
including Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, whose third-place finish in Iowa
rocketed him to the front of the establishment lane.
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