Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) leads Democratic challenger Deborah Ross by six points, in a new Monmouth University poll of the U.S. Senate election in North Carolina.
Burr leads the poll, 49-43, with Libertarian candidate Sean Haugh polling at 2 percent.
The incumbent senator has expanded his lead since Monmouth University last polled the contest in August, when Burr led +2 and now he leads +6.
The Monmouth University poll was conducted Oct. 20-23 among 402 likely North Carolina voters, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percent.
TPM’s PollTracker Average for the U.S. Senate election in North Carolina shows Burr leading Ross, 44.9 to 41.5.
FLotUS and HRC will be in Winston-Salem on Thursday. They should use Sen. Burr’s comments about being in lockstep with Trump to discourage split-ticket voting.