Clinton, McCain TakeNew Hampshire Primaries

Updated from 10:43 p.m. EST

In a bid to reclaim her frontrunner status in the chase to be her party's nominee, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton narrowly defeated her Illinois counterpart, Barak Obama, in Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire.

With 90% of the vote in, media outlets were calling the contest for Clinton with a narrow 39% to 37% lead over Obama, who dealt Clinton a blow by a significant victory in last Thursday's Iowa caucus.

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Former North Carolina senator John Edwards was in third place among Democrats, with 17%.

In the Republican primary, Arizona Sen. John McCain continued his political comeback Tuesday with a victory over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.

The race was called for McCain with 30% of the votes in and the senator leading 37% to 29%. Hours later, with nearly 89% of the tally reported, McCain had a 37%-to-32% lead.

McCain's supporters chanted "Mac is back! Mac is back!" as he addressed them victoriously in Nashua at 9:10 p.m. EST. "Thank you, New Hampshire," said McCain, "from the bottom of my heart."

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, the Iowa caucus winner, was third in the GOP balloting, ahead of former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Texas Rep. Ron Paul.

While Clinton's final victory Tuesday is likely to be narrow, the fact she was even in the New Hampshire race surprised many observers. Following Obama's eight-point victory in Iowa, which was expected to be a dogfight, Clinton was seen as on the ropes in New Hampshire, trailing by double-digit percentages in some polls.