Jules Witcover reports on the very close New Hampshire Senate race between Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D) and Rep. John Sununu (R). Both Shaheen and Sununu are competing to associate themselves with some of President Bush's policies. (Shaheen says she would have voted for Bush's tax cut and the Iraq use of force resolution.)
Witcover notes that after all of the jockeying:
In the most recent poll by the University of New Hampshire, Ms. Shaheen had a narrow 47 percent to 44 percent lead over Mr. Sununu among all voters, but she led decisively among political independents, 49 percent to 34 percent. That strength, and her organization after six years as the state's chief executive, counters Mr. Sununu's association with Mr. Bush and makes this race a toss-up going down to the wire.
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