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Andy Smith, director of the UNH Survey Center, is predicting that the Democratic federal candidates will win in New Hampshire.
 
"Barack Obama looks to win New Hampshire by a comfortable margin on Tuesday. In the race for U.S. Senate, Shaheen should win a narrow victory over incumbent John Sununu," Smith writes in his latest poll. "In Congressional races, incumbent Paul Hodes is predicted to win New Hampshire's 2nd District and incumbent Carol Shea-Porter looks to pull out a narrow victory in the 1st District."

The daily UNH/WMUR tracking poll shows the races in New Hampshire narrowing, but still outside the reach of Republicans.

In the presidential contest John McCain has narrowed Barack Obama's lead to 11 points. McCain made up ground all week among Republicans. The poll finds that 88 percent of Republicans now support McCain, up from 74 percent earlier this week. That said, Obama has 53 percent of independents supporting his campaign.

The last debate between U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley) and former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D-Madbury) might be best remembered for how uneventful it was.

Shaheen attempted to tie Sununu to President Bush, while Sununu tried to separate himself from the Republican leadership.

MANCHESTER--Former Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton told voters that ex-Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D-Madbury) would bring "commonsense" experience to Washington.

Shaheen is running against current U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley) in a rematch of their 2002 race.

MANCHESTER--Former Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton told voters that ex-Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D-Madbury) would bring "commonsense" experience to Washington.

Shaheen is running against current U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley) in a rematch of their 2002 race.

MANCHESTER--Former Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton told voters that ex-Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D-Madbury) would bring "commonsense" experience to Washington.

Shaheen is running against current U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley) in a rematch of their 2002 race.

MANCHESTER--Before laying out his legislative accomplishments over the past six years, U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley) told a local business club that he is looking forward to the remaining days of his re-election campaign.

"As I've pointed out to people having gone through a long campaign for 12, 14 months, really the last 2 or 3 weeks are the most exciting and invigorating part of the campaign because it's an opportunity where most of the organizational work and the fundraising work is completed," Sununu said at a meeting of the Manchester Rotary Club. "I get to focus exclusively on talking to people and campaigning town-to-town."

Change to win mailer

A coalition of labor unions has mailed a flier to over 18,000 registered New Hampshire voters.
 
The mailer is in support of former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen's bid for the United States Senate against current U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley).
 
The group Change to Win, a coalition of six unions, is behind the mailer.

Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will campaign for former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D-Madbury) on Tuesday in Dover.

Clinton is scheduled to participate in a "Rally for a New Direction" with Shaheen at Dover's McConnell Center.

A new poll has the major Democratic candidates leading their Republican opponents in New Hampshire.

A Boston Globe poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire's Survey Center, has former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D-Madbury) beating U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley) 49 percent to 36 percent. In the 1st Congressional District U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-Rochester) is leading former U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro) 44 percent to 39 percent while in the 2nd Congressional District U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes (D-Concord) is leading Jennifer Horn (R-Nashua) 51 percent to 25 percent.