Watch Jon Huntsman's New Hampshire Primary Speech

Uploaded by PBSNewsHour on Jan 10, 2012 Click for more politics coverage: http://to.pbs.org/zaAq1M Former Gov. Jon Huntsman took third place Tuesday night in the New Hampshire primary. Addressing a crowd of supporters, he enthusiastically spoke saying "I think third place is our ticket to ride!"

QUICK TAKE: Huntsman's Faith in Political System 'Reborn' After Third-Place Win

By Catherine Hollander

Updated: January 10, 2012 | 9:57 p.m.
January 10, 2012 | 9:47 p.m.

GOP hopeful Jon Huntsman credited his third-place finish in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary to old-fashioned, on-the-ground campaigning.
“This state we have worked hard and diligently…. We have won people over person by person. This is the old way to get politics done in New Hampshire and my confidence in the system is reborn,” he told supporters on Tuesday night.
Huntsman received 17 percent of the Granite State vote. He was expected to tie with Rick Santorum with 11 percent of the vote, according to the most recent WMUR/University of New Hampshire poll conducted between Jan. 5 and Jan. 8. He credited his strong showing to his consistent presence in New Hampshire. He campaigned heavily there, making close to 170 public appearances.
“This state wants its candidates to earn it the old-fashioned way. That’s on the ground, handshake by handshake, conversation by conversation, vote by vote,” he said.
The former Utah governor reportedly called primary winner Mitt Romney after the results came in. “You’re a good man. You looked great up there with your family on stage,” he said, according to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. “I’ll see you in South Carolina.”

QUICK TAKE: Huntsman: Three Tickets Out of N.H.

By Sarah Mimms

Updated: January 10, 2012 | 8:32 p.m.
January 10, 2012 | 8:31 p.m.

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman said that his campaign will continue on to South Carolina, even as early poll results showed him coming in third place in New Hampshire, telling CNN that “there are at least three tickets out of New Hampshire.”
Huntsman, who has bet his entire campaign thus far on New Hampshire, was considered a potential second-place finisher in the Granite State on Tuesday night, although he has insisted for months that he would carry on to South Carolina as long as the campaign was able to “beat market expectations.”
Huntsman reinforced that in comments to CNN, saying that despite a likely third-place finish, “where we stand right now is a solid, comfortable, confident position and we go south from here.”