{"id":2001895,"date":"2023-08-15T21:44:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T01:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-gubernatorial-candidate-kelly-ayotte-leading-democratic-rivals-in-new-hampshire-poll\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T21:45:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T01:45:30","slug":"gop-gubernatorial-candidate-kelly-ayotte-leading-democratic-rivals-in-new-hampshire-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-gubernatorial-candidate-kelly-ayotte-leading-democratic-rivals-in-new-hampshire-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Ayotte, GOP candidate, ahead of Democratic rivals in NH gubernatorial race: Poll."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-gubernatorial-candidate-kelly-ayotte-leading-democratic-rivals-in-new-hampshire-poll%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2001895&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte Leads in New Hampshire Gubernatorial Race<\/h2>\n<p>Exciting news in the world of politics! Former\u200b Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte is currently leading the \u2064pack in the 2024 New Hampshire gubernatorial\u200b race. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-poll-majority-of-americans-less-likely-to-support-disney-over-woke-politics-firing-of-gina-carano\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE POLL: Majority Of Americans Less Likely To Support Disney Over Woke Politics, Firing Of Gina Carano\">recent survey conducted<\/a> by Emerson College Polling, Ayotte is not only ahead of her Democratic opponents\u2064 but \u2063also dominating the GOP primary field.<\/p>\n<h3>Ayotte&#8217;s Lead in the Democratic Race<\/h3>\n<p>In the survey, Ayotte is shown to be \u200cleading Democratic Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig by a margin of 46% to 37%. Additionally, she is also ahead\u200d of \u2064Democratic state Executive\u2063 Councilor\u2062 Cinde Warmington, with a lead of\u200b 47%\u200c to 34%. These numbers demonstrate Ayotte&#8217;s strong position and popularity among\u200d voters.<\/p>\n<h3>Strong \u200cSupport in the Republican\u200c Primary<\/h3>\n<p>Not only is \u200dAyotte leading in the Democratic\u2064 race, but she \u200dis also dominating\u2062 the Republican primary.\u2062 The survey reveals that she is ahead of former state Senate President Chuck Morse by a\u200b significant margin of\u2062 45%\u200d to 9%. No other candidates in \u200dthe GOP primary field received more than\u200d 5% of the support.<\/p>\n<p>Spencer \u2062Kimball, \u2064the executive director of Emerson College Polling, believes\u200d that Ayotte&#8217;s \u2062popularity is bolstered by the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-will-deliver-first-speech-to-congress-in-nearly-empty-house-chamber\/\" title=\"Biden Will Deliver First Speech To Congress In Nearly-Empty House Chamber\">high approval rating<\/a> of current Governor Chris Sununu, \u2063a\u2062 fellow Republican. Kimball states, &#8220;The \u200dhigh approval\u200d rating of current Governor Chris Sununu could impact a potential race between\u200b Ayotte \u2063and Craig or Warmington, as\u2064 voters generally approve of their Republican Governor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Room for\u2063 Change<\/h3>\n<p>While Ayotte is currently leading, \u200bthere is still room for the race to \u200dchange. According to \u200dthe survey, approximately 17% of voters remain undecided. This means that the\u200b dynamics of the\u2064 New Hampshire Governor&#8217;s race could shift as more voters make up their minds.<\/p>\n<p>The Cook Political Report has already adjusted its assessment of the race, moving it from &#8220;solid Republican&#8221;\u2062 to &#8220;toss-up&#8221; after Governor Sununu announced\u200c he would not seek \u200canother term. However, Sununu&#8217;s \u2063high approval rating may \u200bwork in favor of the GOP, potentially securing the seat for\u2064 Ayotte.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Struggle in New\u2063 Hampshire<\/h3>\n<p>While Ayotte is enjoying\u200c a strong position in \u200cthe gubernatorial race, former President \u200dDonald Trump is facing challenges in the Granite State. In\u200b a head-to-head matchup, the survey shows President Joe Biden leading Trump by a margin of\u2063 48%\u200b to 41%. \u2064It&#8217;s worth noting that \u200dTrump lost New Hampshire in both the 2016 and 2020\u200c presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his previous losses, Trump remains the GOP \u200bfront-runner in the\u200b presidential primary. \u200dHowever,\u2064 the survey also indicates that\u2062 both \u200cBiden and Trump are leading their respective party primaries in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>For more details on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-gubernatorial-candidate-kelly-ayotte-leading-democratic-rivals-in-new-hampshire-poll\/\" title=\"Kelly Ayotte, GOP candidate, ahead of Democratic rivals in NH gubernatorial race: Poll.\">exciting \u2063political race<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> to \u200cread \u2064more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte dominates the 2024 New Hampshire gubernatorial race, leading both Democratic contenders and other GOP candidates. Emerson College Polling&#8217;s survey (Aug. 9-11) reveals Ayotte&#8217;s lead over Democratic Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig at 46%-37%, and Democratic state Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington at 47%-34%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2001896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2001895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}