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Maggie Hassan leads Republican Don Bolduc in New Hampshire's U.S. Senate race, poll finds

New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan is ahead of Republican candidate Don Bolduc in the race for New Hampshire's U.S. Senate seat, two polls released this week found.

According to a Data for Progress poll, if midterm elections for U.S. Senate were held tomorrow, 50% of survey respondents said they would vote for Hassan while 43% would vote for Bolduc.

In the race for governor, the Data for Progress poll found that New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu is ahead of his Democratic challenger Tom Sherman. According to the poll, if the governor's race were held tomorrow, 52% of respondents would vote for Sununu while 39% would vote for Sherman.

A Trafalgar poll found that if the election for U.S. Senate were held today, 48.2% of respondents would vote for Hassan and 45% would vote for Bolduc.

In the Senate, Republicans hold 50 seats while Democrats also have 50 seats, but Vice President Kamala Harris breaks ties to give Democrats a competitive edge.

Rea Egan, of Chesterfield, N.H., exits the voting booth after filling out her ballot at the Chesterfield polling station during the state's primary on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022.
Rea Egan, of Chesterfield, N.H., exits the voting booth after filling out her ballot at the Chesterfield polling station during the state's primary on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022.

New Hampshire is one of the key battleground states that could determine control of the 100 seat Senate.

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The Data for Progress survey was conducted from Sept. 23-30 and has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.

The Trafalgar poll was conducted from Sept. 26-30, with a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Maggie Hassan leads Republican Don Bolduc in N.H. U.S Senate race