John Minchillo

UNITED STATES: ON THE TRAIL 2012

Images from the New Hampshire and South Carolina

2012 Republican Primary Campaigns

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally alongside Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., at a rally inside Exeter High School in Exeter, N.H., Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012.
   
Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich wades through a scrum of reporters outside a polling station at Webster School in Manchester, N.H., on primary election day, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012.
   
Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks during a campaign stop at Mill Falls in Meredith, N.H., Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012.
     
  
Mary Ann Riley, 75, of Spartanberg, waits for Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at Andrews Field House at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012.
   
A legion of reporters man their computers in a media room set up near the Republican presidential candidate debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012.
   
Republican presidential candidate and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman speaks to media while supporters wait outside at Eagle Square in Concord, N.H., Monday, Jan. 9, 2012.
     
  
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum signs autographs after a Faith and Freedom Coalition rally, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
   
A supporter of President Barack Obama speaks to the media while surrounded by republican primary signs outside of a polling station at Webster School in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012.
   
Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry pauses during a speech at the Faith and Freedom Coalition rally in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Monday, Jan. 16, 2012,
     
  
Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich arrives for a town hall meeting at the South Carolina Farmer's Market in Columbia, S.C., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012.
   
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum leaves the USS Yorktown after a campaign stop in Mount Pleasant, S.C., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012.
   
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds up a supporters poster of his father, former Michigan Gov. George W. Romney, at Andrews Field House at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012.
     
  
Spectators listen to Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum during a campaign stop aboard the USS Yorktown in Mount Pleasant, S.C., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012.
   
A model elephant waits in a parking lot outside the Republican presidential candidate debate site at the Sheraton Hotel in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Monday, Jan. 16, 2012.