El senador por Florida Marco Rubio, aspirante a la candidatura republicana a la presidencia, saluda a sus seguidores en un acto de campaña la noche de primarias en Iowa, el lunes 1 de febrero de 2016. (AP Foto/Paul Sancya)
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The latest on developments in the Iowa caucuses and the follow-up New Hampshire primary (all times local):
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8:19 a.m.
Marco Rubio's campaign says the race for the GOP nomination is a three-man contest.
The Florida senator's spokesman Alex Conantsays on Fox News Channel Tuesday that the Iowa vote shifted the contest from crowded to a fight between the candidates who placed first, second and third: Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and Rubio.
Asked about other Republican rivals, including John Kasich, Jeb Bush and Chris Christie, Conant said none have a pathway forward to the nomination without winning the next primary in New Hampshire.
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7:59 a.m.Ben Carson's longtime adviser Armstrong Williams says the retired neurosurgeon and political newcomer has no intention of abandoning his presidential bid after finishing fourth in Monday's Iowa caucuses.
Williams says the race is a "long haul."
He adds that dropping out of the race "is not anywhere on (Carson's) radar screen."
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7:56 a.m.Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio says Sen. Tim Scott's endorsement is going to echo through the race for the Republican nomination.
The Florida senator says in a live interview early Tuesday in New Hampshire that Scott's "impact is not just going to be in South Carolina but around the country."
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7:24 a.m.South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott says Marco Rubio is the "one shot" Republicans have to win the presidency in November.
The senator says in a statement Tuesday morning that he's joining Rep. Trey Gowdy in endorsing Rubio, who finished third in the leadoff Iowa caucuses. Sen. Lindsey Graham has endorsed former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
New Hampshire votes next, followed by South Carolina.
The outstanding endorsement prize is Gov. Nikki Haley, who delivered the GOP's national response to President Barack Obama's state of the union address last month. Haley has not indicated when she might publicly take sides.
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7:23 a.m.
Sen. Ted Cruz says he won't be another victim of the Iowa conservative's curse.
Unlike past conservatives who've won Iowa contest and then fizzled, Cruz says he has the financial strength, broad appeal and grassroots support to keep up the momentum.
Cruz tells CNN: "I believe we have the national campaign and infrastructure to capitalize" on his win.
Cruz's unexpected victory is drawing comparisons to past Iowa winners former Sen. Rick Santorum and former Gov. Mike Huckabee. Both failed to secure the nomination.
Like Huckabee and Santorum, Cruz's win was fueled by Iowa's large and active bloc of evangelical voters. He's says he doesn't think that means his appeal is limited. Cruz says he believes Americans are more conservative than the media portrays them. He says, "This is a center-right country. This is a country built on Judeo-Christian values."
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7:20 a.m.
GOP presidential hopeful Marco Rubio is pivoting from his strong finish in Iowa to taking aim at front runner Ted Cruz.
The Florida senator says on ABC's "Good Morning America that Cruz's career is "one of calculation."
For example, Rubio says "criticizes New York values but has raised millions of dollars from New York City."
Expect to hear more of that argument from Rubio, who came in a narrow third place to Cruz and billionaire Donald Trump in Tuesday's leadoff caucuses.
Cruz has been willing to take a bundle of money from New Yorkers. His donors include Wall Street hedge fund mogul Robert Mercer, who contributed $11 million in April to a Cruz-aligned super PAC, according to federal filings.
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6:00 a.m.
Habitual overnight tweeter Donald Trump says...nothing on Twitter as of 6 a.m. EST.
The total Twitter silence from the prolific billionaire real estate magnate comes after Trump lost the Iowa caucuses Tuesday to Sen. Ted Cruz. He also came close to losing second place to Sen. Marco Rubio.The final tweet before Trump went uncharacteristically silent came about 11 hours earlier and says: "Time to get out & caucus!"
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5:50 a.m.
A large crowd of supporters greeted Bernie Sanders in Bow, New Hampshire, at 5 a.m. after the Democratic presidential candidate arrived from Iowa.Sanders and Hillary Clinton are in a virtual tie in the Iowa caucuses. He tells the crowd in New Hampshire that his campaign "astounded the world" and is going to "astound the world again" in New Hampshire. The state's primary is next week.
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