Poll: Sununu widens lead over Brown in Senate GOP primary race

(The Center Square) — Former New Hampshire Sen. John Sununu is leading former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown in the race to flip one of New Hampshire’s two U.S. Senate seats for Republicans in the fall.

The University of New Hampshire survey, released Thursday, found that among likely Republican primary voters, 56% said they would support Sununu if the GOP primary were held today, compared to 19% for Brown. Another 2% said they would vote for businessman Charlie Hough, while 21% were still undecided, according to pollsters.

That’s a wider lead than a similar UNH poll released in September that found 42% of likely Republican voters favor Sununu versus 27% who would vote for Brown, in a primary matchup. At the time, about 31% of those polled were still undecided. Both men are seeking the party’s nomination to run for the seat currently held by Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, who announced last year that she was retiring.

The latest poll showed Trump-backed Sununu with a majority of support from conservatives, libe...