Gov. Maggie Hassan holds a nine-point advantage over incumbent Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte in a new survey of the U.S. Senate election in New Hampshire from WMUR/University of New Hampshire Granite State poll.
The Senate election in New Hampshire, pitting a Republican incumbent senator against the state’s current Democratic governor, has been closely watched as Democrats attempt to retake the Senate majority.
Hassan leads the poll, 48-39, when surveying likely voters with leaners.
When WMUR/UNH surveyed in August, Hassan led the poll by just two points, 44-42, among likely New Hampshire voters. But just this month, a MassINC/WBUR poll showed the candidates tied at 47 percent.
The WMUR/UNH poll was conducted via live telephone interview from Oct. 11-17 among 724 likely voters, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percent.
TPM’s PollTracker Average for the U.S. Senate election in New Hampshire shows Hassan leading Ayotte, 45.9 to 42.2.
Holy crap. That’s good news.