Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.), one of seven openly gay members of the U.S. House, has been found in a surprise poll made public Thursday to be trailing his Republican challenger in the 2020 election.
The poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center between Oct. 24-31, found 50 percent of likely voters in New Hampshire’s 1st congressional district would back Matt Mowers, the Republican candidate, compared to the 48 percent who said they support Pappas.
Two percent said they back Libertarian candidate Zachary Dumont and less than 1 percent were undecided. The new poll comes out the week after Mowers laid into Pappas during a debate over having a relationship with a lobbyist for Amazon.