Ayotte out ahead in GOP Senate primary

The Senate campaign of Kelly Ayotte has released an internal polling memo showing them substantially ahead of the primary competition in the race to replace the retiring Judd Gregg.

The memo, from Ayotte’s pollster to the campaign, shows Ayotte winning 43% of the Republican vote to rivals Ovide Lamontagne’s 11% and Bill Binnie’s 5%. Binnie is running early television advertising to move up in the polling.

Second Congressional district Rep. Paul Hodes is the only Democrat running.

Ayotte leads among all segments of the GOP electorate, including self-described “very conservative” and “conservative” voters.

Polling Memo