During Trump's 2016 run for president, New Hampshire gave the future president his first primary win after a third-place showing in the Iowa caucuses. But Trump narrowly lost the state to Hillary Clinton in the general election and is eyeing the state as a pickup opportunity come November.

In another somewhat mirror image of 2016, Sen. Bernie Sanders also eked out a repeat victory in the state, edging out former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg for first place, according to network projections.

But Trump late Tuesday complained that his victory was being overshadowed by the Democratic primary results.

"The Fake News Media is looking hard for the Big Democrat Story, but there is nothing too fabulous," he wrote in a tweet, after weighing in on half a dozen storylines of the Democratic race. "Wouldn’t a big story be that I got more New Hampshire Primary Votes than any incumbent president, in either party, in the history of that Great State? Not an insignificant fact!"