With a week to go before the North Carolina Republican primary for U.S. Senate, Thom Tillis has broken 40 percent support, according to a new poll. Tillis, the state speaker of the house, has 46 percent support, with top rivals Greg Brannon and Mark Harris receiving 20 percent and 11 percent, respectively. The finding comes from PPP, a Democratic polling firm based in North Carolina.
North Carolina Republicans go to the polls on May 6 to determine who will be their nominee to face incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan in November’s election. There are 8 GOP candidates, and the top vote-getter needs to win at least 40 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff. Tillis has led the field in nearly every poll, but this is the first to show him breaking that 40 percent threshold.
