Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) holds a small lead over Democratic challenger Gov. Maggie Hassan in the U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire, a new Monmouth University poll shows.
Ayotte leads the state’s Democratic governor by two points, 47-45, with Libertarian candidate Ben Chabot polling at 2 percent.
Monmouth has not previously polled this race, but a recent NBC/WSJ/Marist poll showed Ayotte eight points ahead, 52-44, among likely New Hampshire voters.
The Monmouth poll was conducted Sept. 17-20 among 400 likely New Hampshire voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percent.
TPM’s PollTracker Average for the U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire shows Ayotte leading Hassan, 50 to 43.9.
This makes little sense with Clinton up 9 points in the latest poll over Trump in NH. People that will vote for Clinton are unlikely to split their ticket and vote for Ayotte for Senator when Maggie Hassan is a popular governor, has made positive changes, while Ayotte has basically done absolutely NOTHING for six years for NH while she has been a senator.
What gives, NH?