The Jan. 23 primary election in New Hampshire was an unusual one.
Despite President Joe Biden choosing not to appear on the Democratic primary ballot due to the state defying a primary schedule change, he still won through an unprecedented write-in campaign, becoming the first candidate to win a write-in in New Hampshire since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
Former President Donald Trump won the Republican primary with 54.3% of the Republican vote.
Some New Hampshire residents opted for other candidates. There were some big names on the write-ins ballots, like Michelle Obama, Cornel West and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
“Cease-fire” got 1,531 votes in the primary, according to a vote tally from the Secretary of State, after locals organized a campaign in protest of the Israel-Hamas war.
Some New Hampshire residents got a little more creative on the ballots, writing in some unusual presidential candidates.Here’s a roundup of some of the most unique:
- Gus Fring, a character on the television show “Breaking Bad,” who works with a Mexican drug cartel, got a vote in Concord
- Singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers also secured a vote in Concord
- “Who Da Faque” got a vote in Dover, as did “Purple Dildo”
- Abraham Lincoln got a vote in Keene
- “Your Mama” secured a vote in Hanover
- Activist Rachel Aliene Corrie, who died, got one vote in Hanover
- Comedian and writer Jon Stewart got a vote in Nashua
- Justin Spencer, a New Hampshire-based drummer of Recycled Percussion, also got a vote in Nashua
