Warren and Biden take big falls in New Hampshire

MANCHESTER, N.H. — They are giants of Democratic politics. They took turns as front-runners in the race to be their party’s standard bearer in a pivotal election year.

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But as the roller coaster that is the 2020 primary careened through New Hampshire on Tuesday night, it left Senator Elizabeth Warren and former vice president Joe Biden promising to find a way to win the Democratic nomination although they haven’t come close to notching a victory in the first two contests.

Warren finished fourth and Biden fifth, both far behind the top three candidates with apparently only single-digit vote totals.

“Our best chance for this party and this nation is with a candidate that can do the work,” Warren said, as she took the stage in a drafty tennis arena after only a fraction of the night’s results had trickled in. “Our campaign is built for the long haul,” she said, “and we’re just getting started.”

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