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Poll: New Hampshire Senate race tied

President Obama's unpopularity in New Hampshire appears to be hurting Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's bid for another term.

By Frances Burns
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH). UPI/Kevin Dietsch
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH). UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo

CONCORD, N.H., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and her Republican challenger, former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, are tied at 48 percent, a new poll finds.

Shaheen has a 54 percent favorabity rating, above Brown's 46 percent, the CNN/ORC International poll said. But 60 percent of New Hampshire voters disapprove of President Barack Obama, which seems to be hurting Shaheen.

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Democrats currently hold 53 seats in the Senate, Republicans 45 and there are two independents, Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who caucus with the Democrats. That means the Republicans need to pick up six seats to win a majority in the upper house.

New Hampshire has gone from being a solidly Republican state to a swing state with a Democratic tilt. Since President Bill Clinton won the state in 1992, it has gone Republican in a presidential election only once, for President George W. Bush in 2000.

The poll surveyed 735 likely voters and has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.

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