South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who barely registers in primary polls in his home state, has returned his focus to another early primary state: New Hampshire.
The Republican presidential hopeful added several new volunteers to his campaign in New Hampshire Tuesday, just one day before Graham is scheduled to begin a 10-day swing through the first-in-the-nation primary state.
According to the latest RealClearPolitics polling data, Graham currently polls at 1 percent or less among GOP voters in the Granite State. Nevertheless, his campaign said Tuesday it is unfazed and will continue to plow forward with “early state campaign visits and small group gatherings.”
“We planned from day one for this to be a long grind of a campaign and we have no intention of changing that plan…” Graham’s campaign manager, Christian Ferry, told the Washington Examiner Tuesday. “We’re going to keep working through the early states, visiting small group gatherings, town hall meetings and house parties, and making our case on national security.”
The six new hires who will lead the South Carolina senator’s ground operation in New Hampshire include former state senator and Marine Corps veteran Gary Lambert, former state Rep. Bing Judd, and other individuals ranging in political experience.
Lambert, who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014, will serve as chairman of Graham’s campaign in New Hampshire while Clark Lindley, CEO of an agricultural insurance agency in the state, will monitor the campaign’s expenditures and fundraising apparatus as state finance chairman.
“From fighting to protect our first in the nation primary to having a plan to win the war against terrorism, Lindsey Graham is the only candidate in this race that exemplifies what New Hampshire voters are looking for in their leaders,” Lambert said Tuesday in a statement released by Graham’s camp.
Graham currently holds the No. 11 spot in the latest Washington Examiner presidential power rankings released Tuesday.
