Former
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's shadow over the
Democratic presidential race grew a bit longer on Tuesday after his surprise write-in win in a hamlet that traditionally kicks off voting in New Hampshire's closely watched primary election.
The billionaire businessman, who is skipping the first four state nominating contests as part of a long-game strategy to win the party's nomination to face
Republican President
Donald Trump in the Nov. 3
election, received three of the five votes cast after the stroke of midnight by Dixville Notch residents.
Bloomberg, the 77-year-old founder of the news company that bears his name, was not on the ballot in New Hampshire, where voters are faced with a list of 33 names - including top-tier candidates, former hopefuls who dropped out of the race and also-ran competitors lacking a national profile.