emerged the victor among the six historic first votes cast in the tiny town of Dixville Notch, minutes after midnight on Tuesday morning.

Earning all six of the town's electorate, Haley bested former President in the blue state where the electorate is more moderate than the deep-red . Four of the voters are registered Republican and two are independent. 

Dixville Notch historically produces the first results of the first-in-the-nation primary with its midnight vote on Election Day.

Polls for the first vote closed at 12:07 a.m. ET on Tuesday, January 23 – and other locations in the state won't open next until 6 a.

m. 

Trump and Haley are the only Republican candidates on the ballot after Gov. Ron dropped out of the race on Sunday – just two days before the primary. Rep. Dean Phillips is also on the ballot for the Democratic primary, which did not include President .

The town of Dixille Notch, New Hampshire continues its 64-year tradition on Tuesday morning by holding its midnight vote, which produces the first results of the first-in-the-nation primary election

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley won all six of the votes cast in Dixville Notch at midnight on Tuesday morning. Pictured: Haley speaks with supporters in Salem, New Hampshire on Monday, January 22

But voters in New Hampshire are able to write-in whichever candidate they want in the primary.

Many Granite State voters will wake up Tuesday to the results of Dixville Notch's election at The Balsams ski resort in northern New Hampshire as other polling places begin opening as residents head to work. 

Before voting commenced, an empty ballot box was shown to the journalists, then the National Anthem was played by world famous accordion player Cory Pesaturo from

.

Also in the room with the voters and the reporters and cameras were two dogs: Max and Lucy.

In 2020's general election there were five voters, and they all cast their ballot for President Joe Biden over Trump.

Just 20 miles from the Canadian border, The Balsams opened its closely-watched polling place in the living room at the Tilletson House to a room full of journalists who documented the votes of the town's handful of voters.

Voting for the six residents of the town took place in the living room of the Tilletson House at The Balsams ski resort in northern New Hampshire (pictured just before midnight)

One of the six Dixville Notch voters cast their ballot just after midnight while their dog accompanied him to the polls in the living room of Tilletson House at The Balsam sesort

Hart's Location and Millsfield also historically open voting at midnight on Tuesday and were among the first to declare results of the primary election in New Hampshire. Hart's Location, a small town in the middle of the state with 68 residents, and Millsfield, just 10 miles south of Dixville Notch with 21 registered voters have decided to ditch their midnight voting this year.

Hart's Location, which markets itself as the smallest town in New Hampshire, has polls opening at 11 a.m. on January 23.

Meanwhile, Millsfield election official Shawn Cote told WMUR of the change in time: 'Our population is getting older in Millsfield, and getting up at midnight to go vote is getting harder and harder for our population.

But Dixville Notch continued the 64-year-old tradition in the wee-morning hours of Tuesday, January 23.

Dixville Notch only has six voters this year. In 2020, five people voted in the primary and general elections in the town.

Journalists gather before midnight to watch the historic count of the first-in-the-nation primary votes in the tiny northern New Hampshire town of Dixville Notch

Prior to the pandemic, the small New Hampshire town had double the residents it has now, with a dozen casting ballots back to 2010 and even more in years prior.

In the 2020 primary election, three candidates in the town voted for former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders and one voted for Pete Buttigieg.

Then in the general election, all five candidates voted for President Joe Biden over Trump.

'As Dixville goes, so goes the country,' Dixville Notch voter Les Otten told WMUR or the results that are watched by dozens of camera and immediately reported.

'Even if the spotlight wasn't there, we would be doing the same thing,' he added. 'It's sort of become a tradition where we understand the importance of voting.'

The Balsams resort where the Dixville Notch voting takes place is undergoing a $300 million restoration and revitalization project.

Otten says the hope is that the voting bloc in the New Hampshire town that produced the first results of the first-in-the-nation primary election will grow.

'Our six will grow to 16 and 26 and 60 and so forth this week as we grow, and it will be more difficult to get everybody in,' he said. 'But the idea will remain the same.

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