MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The latest on developments in the Iowa caucuses and the follow-up New Hampshire primary (all times local):

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13:04 p.m.

Hillary Clinton has narrowly won the Democratic caucuses in Iowa, outpacing a surprisingly strong challenge from Bernie Sanders to claim the first victory in the 2016 race for president.

The former secretary of state, senator from New York and first lady edged past the Vermont senator in a race the Iowa Democratic Party called the closest in its caucus history.

The Iowa Democratic Party said Tuesday that it would not do any recount of the close results, and a spokesman for the Sanders campaign said it does not intend to challenge the results of the caucuses.

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12:36 p.m.

Hillary Clinton is declaring victory in Iowa, even though rival Democrat Bernie Sanders has not yet conceded the race.

She says she is "so proud I am coming to New Hampshire after winning Iowa" and adds, "I've won and I've lost there and it's a lot better to win."

Clinton arrived in New Hampshire early Tuesday.

Her campaign is trying to spin a neck-and-neck race into a win, hoping to gain momentum heading into the first primary contest.

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12:30 p.m.

Bernie Sanders has picked up support of a veteran black lawmaker in South Carolina as he tries to close the gap on Hillary Clinton ahead of the Feb. 27 Democratic primary.

State Rep. Joseph Neal says he "thinks a lot" of Hillary Clinton. But he says that Sanders' proposals to narrow income inequality and overhaul the criminal justice system are "head and shoulders" above Clinton's.

Clinton will counter Sanders' recent endorsement push with her own heavy hitter: Former President Bill Clinton will campaign in Columbia on Wednesday.

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12:20 p.m.

Hillary Clinton's top ranking supporter on Capitol Hill says the differences between supporters of the former secretary of state and rival Bernie Sanders can be more easily healed than those fracturing the Republican field.

House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer told reporters Tuesday that, "Our party is much more united on the issues than their party."

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12:15 p.m.

Former President Bill Clinton says his wife, Hillary Clinton, is the "best change maker I have ever met."

Clinton introduced his wife in New Hampshire, the first primary state, hours after a close finish in the leadoff Iowa caucuses.

The former president said one example is his wife call during a recent debate for more resources for the region near the Flint, Michigan, water crisis.

He says, "Her opponent said what the governor did was terrible and he should resign. Her instinct was, 'What can I do right now, to make it better?'"

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11:33 a.m.

Donald Trump says he's not getting enough credit for his 2nd place win in Iowa Monday.

He tweets: "The media has not covered my long-shot great finish in Iowa fairly. Brought in record voters and got second highest vote total in history!"

It was the third tweet from Trump since an overnight silence from the usually prodigious user of Twitter in the wee hours.

A few minutes earlier, Trump tweeted: "Because I was told I could not do well in Iowa, I spent very little there - a fraction of Cruz & Rubio. Came in a strong second. Great honor."

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11:16 a.m.

Ted Cruz's team is already beginning to make a play for Ben Carson's supporters.

Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler asked, "Where is Ben Carson?" as various campaigns filed into a Manchester airport shortly after 5 a.m.

Carson was among the only major candidates who isn't campaigning in one of the early voting states on Tuesday.

The Cruz campaign sees Carson's evangelical-leaning supporters as a natural fit for Cruz's camp if or when Carson leaves the race.

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11:15 a.m.

Ben Carson is taking a break from the campaign trail after his fourth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses.

Spokesman Larry Ross says the retired neurosurgeon is at home Tuesday in Florida before heading to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. He'll stay there through the National Prayer Breakfast scheduled for Thursday, then head to New Hampshire.

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11:05 a.m.

House Speaker Paul Ryan says congressional Republicans need to channel the anger of voters into constructive action.

The Wisconsin Republican spoke to reporters the morning after the Iowa caucuses. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and billionaire Donald Trump took the first two spots. Both contenders have emphasized fury at Washington.

Ryan says all Republicans are angry over the slow-growing economy, insufficient action by the Obama administration against the Islamic State extremist group and porous U.S. borders.

Ryan says Republicans need to "harness it into action" and also deliver a positive message to voters that things can change. He says it's time for conservatives and Republicans to unify and "then go out and win an election."

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11:04 p.m.

Donald Trump is ending his Twitter silence with a tweet saying that second place is not, as he has said previously, "terrible."

He says: "My experience in Iowa was a great one. I started out with all of the experts saying I couldn't do well there and ended up in 2nd place. Nice."

Ted Cruz won the Iowa caucuses Monday. Marco Rubio came in a close third to Trump's second-place finish.

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10:59 a.m.

Hello, South Carolina.

Even as the candidates storming through New Hampshire ahead of the Feb. 9 primary, several campaigns are juggling their priorities to include next-up South Carolina.

Republicans vote Feb. 20 in South Carolina; Democrats follow Feb. 27.

Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton — on wife Hillary's behalf — are scheduled to appear will appear Wednesday.

For the GOP, South Carolina is the first opportunity to compete in a large electorate that reflects the wider Republican spectrum of bubusiness-minded conservatives, tea partiers, national security hawks and retirees from across the northeast and midwest.

The Democratic vote, meanwhile, allows African-Americans their first strong say in the presidential nomination, since Iowa and New Hampshire are overwhelmingly white.

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10:43 a.m.

A spokesman for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says the campaign is "still assessing" whether to ask Iowa's Democratic Party for a recount.

With just one precinct outstanding in Monday's caucuses, Clinton led Sanders by less than three-tenths of 1 percent. The Iowa Democratic Party declared the contest "the closest in Iowa Democratic caucus history." Landing in the early-morning dark in New Hampshire, Sanders did not concede the race to Clinton.

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10:40 a.m.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he's "ready to roll" to a strong finish in the New Hampshire primary.

He's pitching himself Tuesday as a candidate who can deliver on his promises of bringing conservative reforms to Washington because he's done it before.

Speaking in Newbury, New Hampshire Kasich is sticking to his message of bringing fiscal discipline to Washington instead of focusing on the results of Monday's Iowa caucuses.

Kasich is betting his White House hopes on New Hampshire, insisting that running a positive campaign will vault him to the top of the pack. Polls show he's in the running for second place behind Donald Trump alongside candidates such as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, who both performed well in Iowa.

Kasich says, "I trust the people of New Hampshire to make a good decision."

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10:20 a.m.

A prominent South Carolina superdelegate says he's might look outside the Democratic party now that his candidate, Martin O'Malley, has dropped out of the presidential race.

Boyd Brown told The Associated Press Tuesday that he can't back Bernie Sanders because of his socialist-leaning views. And he says he can't support Hillary Clinton due to her lack of "core values."

He says he'll "be happy to listen to see if" former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg runs as an independent and will be interested in "who the Republican Party goes with."

Democratic superdelegates can support the candidate of their choice at the party's summer national convention, regardless of whom voters choose in the primaries and caucuses.

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10:00 a.m.

All Trump does is win, win, win? Not after the Iowa caucuses, Chris Christie is telling his New Hampshire supporters.

The New Jersey governor says at his campaign headquarters in Bedford, New Hampshire that, "we can stop with the Donald Trump inevitability, because the guy who does nothing but win lost last night."

Trump took second place in Monday's Iowa caucuses to rival Ted Cruz.

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9:02 a.m.

Chris Christie says New Hampshire voters are not going to be able to get rid of him through the next-up primary Feb. 9.

He's telling them Tuesday morning, "I'll be like gum on the bottom of your shoe."

Christie is hanging his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination on a strong showing in the Granite State. He finished toward the back of the GOP pack Monday night in the leadoff Iowa caucuses.

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8:42 a.m.

Chris Christie says he's happy he met his admittedly low-expectations in Iowa, which he declared is now in his "rear-view mirror."

The New Jersey governor is speaking at a fundraising breakfast for the Salvation Army in Nashua. The first question he got from the audience was about Monday night's caucuses in Iowa, in which GOP rivals Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio took the top prizes.

Christie declared that he's "pleased" to announce he "performed exactly as I expected in Iowa."

Christie said his 2 percent finish was pretty good considering that some of his rivals — including Jeb Bush — spent millions and didn't end up much better.

He says, "We spent $500,000 to get 2 percent, so who do you want managing your money?"

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8:19 a.m.

Marco Rubio's campaign says the race for the GOP nomination is a three-man contest.

The Florida senator's spokesman Alex Conant, says on Fox News Channel Tuesday that the Iowa vote shifted the contest from crowded to a fight between the candidates who placed first, second and third: Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and Rubio.

Asked about other Republican rivals, including John Kasich, Jeb Bush and Chris Christie, Conant said none have a pathway forward to the nomination without winning the next primary in New Hampshire.

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7:59 a.m.

Ben Carson's longtime adviser Armstrong Williams says the retired neurosurgeon and political newcomer has no intention of abandoning his presidential bid after finishing fourth in Monday's Iowa caucuses.

Williams says the race is a "long haul."

He adds that dropping out of the race "is not anywhere on (Carson's) radar screen."

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7:56 a.m.

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio says Sen. Tim Scott's endorsement is going to echo through the race for the Republican nomination.

The Florida senator says in a live interview early Tuesday in New Hampshire that Scott's "impact is not just going to be in South Carolina but around the country."

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7:24 a.m.

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott says Marco Rubio is the "one shot" Republicans have to win the presidency in November.

The senator says in a statement Tuesday morning that he's joining Rep. Trey Gowdy in endorsing Rubio, who finished third in the leadoff Iowa caucuses. Sen. Lindsey Graham has endorsed former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

New Hampshire votes next, followed by South Carolina.

The outstanding endorsement prize is Gov. Nikki Haley, who delivered the GOP's national response to President Barack Obama's state of the union address last month. Haley has not indicated when she might publicly take sides.

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7:23 a.m.

Sen. Ted Cruz says he won't be another victim of the Iowa conservative's curse.

Unlike past conservatives who've won Iowa contest and then fizzled, Cruz says he has the financial strength, broad appeal and grassroots support to keep up the momentum.

Cruz tells CNN: "I believe we have the national campaign and infrastructure to capitalize" on his win.

Cruz's unexpected victory is drawing comparisons to past Iowa winners former Sen. Rick Santorum and former Gov. Mike Huckabee. Both failed to secure the nomination.

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7:20 a.m.

GOP presidential hopeful Marco Rubio is pivoting from his strong finish in Iowa to taking aim at front runner Ted Cruz.

The Florida senator says on ABC's "Good Morning America that Cruz's career is "one of calculation."

For example, Rubio says "criticizes New York values but has raised millions of dollars from New York City."

Expect to hear more of that argument from Rubio, who came in a narrow third place to Cruz and billionaire Donald Trump in Tuesday's leadoff caucuses.

Cruz has been willing to take a bundle of money from New Yorkers. His donors include Wall Street hedge fund mogul Robert Mercer, who contributed $11 million in April to a Cruz-aligned super PAC, according to federal filings.

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6:00 a.m.

Habitual overnight tweeter Donald Trump says...nothing on Twitter as of 6 a.m. EST.

The total Twitter silence from the prolific billionaire real estate magnate comes after Trump lost the Iowa caucuses Tuesday to Sen. Ted Cruz. He also came close to losing second place to Sen. Marco Rubio.

The final tweet before Trump went uncharacteristically silent came about 11 hours earlier and says: "Time to get out & caucus!"

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5:50 a.m.

A large crowd of supporters greeted Bernie Sanders in Bow, New Hampshire, at 5 a.m. after the Democratic presidential candidate arrived from Iowa.

Sanders and Hillary Clinton are in a virtual tie in the Iowa caucuses. He tells the crowd in New Hampshire that his campaign "astounded the world" and is going to "astound the world again" in New Hampshire. The state's primary is next week.

Sanders says he can't believe that people stood outside in the cold for about two hours waiting for him to arrive. He jokes, "Something is wrong with you guys!"

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4:30 a.m.

Bernie Sanders says his razor-thin contest against Hillary Clinton in Iowa is giving his campaign a "kick-start."

The Democratic presidential candidate says it shows the American people that "this is a campaign that can win."

Sanders tells reporters traveling aboard his flight to New Hampshire early Tuesday that his message of addressing wealth inequality resonated with voters in Iowa. He predicts it will resonate in the early voting states of New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.