SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 10, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dennis FitzSimons, Chair of the Independent Maps coalition, issued the following statement in response to President Obama's address to the Illinois General Assembly where he called for an end to gerrymandering of legislative districts for political purposes:

The power of the independent vote was proven once again on Tuesday night. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders came away the dominant victors in the New Hampshire primaries, Trump by almost 20 points over second-place John Kasich and Sanders by 22 points over Hillary Clinton.

Sanders, who won the state’s primary with 151,584 votes over Clinton’s 95,252 votes, gained 13 delegates and The Hill reported that Sanders is expected to officially receive 15

The Independent Party of Oregon scored a major ally in the party's effort to protect ballot access for third parties in Oregon this week, when Oregon's Senate Republicans sent a letter to Senate President Peter Courtney (D), asking him to take steps to ensure that the Independent Party and several of Oregon's minor parties would not lose ballot access as a result of the state's new "Motor Voter" law.

Harriet: I don't even know what the sides are in the culture wars. Matt: Well, your side hates my side because you think we think you're stupid. And my side hates your side because we think you're stupid.  – Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

John Kasich (R) was ultimately fighting for first or second place in the New Hampshire primary. He'd put all of his organizational 'eggs' into the basket, and came out with the expected second place finish that most polls had him in a 3- to 4-way tie.

Earlier tonight, I was saying to my wife, La Verle, the biggest loser in the presidential race is the national media.

Brian Williams was just saying on MSNBC, "The biggest loser is national punditry."

That too, Brian.

When you media folks try to figure it all out on the political side, you might want to try and figure out what went wrong with your profession.

I think what this proves is the national media is just as out of touch, just as disconnected, as the Washington politicians.

The Tumblr blog, Gary Johnson News, posted Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson's response to the New Hampshire primary results Tuesday night. Johnson's statement is as follows:

Not long after polls closed in New Hampshire Tuesday night, Donald Trump and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders were declared the winners of their respective primary contests. As of the publication of this article, Sanders secured 59% of the Democratic primary vote while Trump won a commanding victory with 34%.

Tuesday morning, several hours before the polls close in New Hampshire, Fox News reportedly published fake, finalized New Hampshire primary election returns on its website.

Mashable captured screenshots of Fox News’ erroneously published false election results, which can be seen below.