Richardson 4th again in Democratic field with 5 percent

Call them the Comeback Kids.

Both Hillary Clinton and John McCain, initial frontrunners for their prospective presidential nominations at one point before running up on some tough times recently, appeared won the New Hampshire primaries on Tuesday.

With 96 percent of the votes counted, Clinton had 110,550 votes, or 39 percent, according to CNN. Next on the Democratic side came Barak Obama at 102,833 (37 percent), John Edwards (47,803 or 17 percent) and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson Bill (12,987 or 5 percent). Four other candidates earned a total 5053 votes among them.

McCain had 86,802 (37 percent) to lead Republican candidates, followed by Mitt Romney (73,806 or 32 percent), Mike Huckabee (26,035 or 11 percent), Rudy Giuliani (20,054 or 9 percent) and Ron Paul (17,831 or 8 percent). Fred Thompson and Duncan Hunter combined for 3,903 votes.

Speaking to supporters in Manchester, N.H., Richardson vowed o press on until at least Feb. 5, when many Western states vote. He is hoping for a strong shown in the Nevada caucuses on Jan. 19.

“We head out West and the fight goes on, and we will continue,” Richardson said before departing for a trip home to New Mexico.  “This race is going on and on and on.”