Former state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte was sailing along in New Hampshire’s Republican senate primary. She was way ahead of her Republican opponents — and her potential Dem rival Rep. Paul Hodes — in the polls, was backed by the establishment GOP, and was even counted among the ranks of Sarah Palin’s “mama grizzlies” when the former half-term governor endorsed Ayotte back in July.
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