Ayotte Still Leading the Field in New Hampshire Senate Race

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A new Rasmussen Reports poll in New Hampshire confirms what surveys have consistently been showing which is that the state's Republican Attorney General Kelly Ayotte has the best chance of the candidates in the GOP primary field to beat Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes in the race for the Senate seat being left open by the Judd Gregg.

Ayotte leads Hodes 46 percent to 39 percent with 3 percent preferring some other candidate and 13 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4.5 points and the poll was conducted Feb. 10.

Hodes leads lawyer Ovide Lamontagne 44 percent to 38 percent with 4 percent preferring someone else and 13 percent undecided.

Businessman William Binnie is in a statistical tie with Hodes, leading him 42 percent to 41 percent with 3 percent preferring another candidate and 13 percent undecided.

This is pretty much in line with a University of New Hampshire poll conducted Jan. 27-Feb. 3 and a Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll conducted Feb. 1-3, although with the UNH poll Hodes had a small lead over Binnie. The Rasmussen poll did not include businessman Jim Bender, who Hodes led 36 percent to 27 percent with 35 percent undecided in the UNH survey.

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