In Roll Call's latest Senate challenger ranking, Governor Hassan has dropped three spots as Kelly continues to outperform the top of the ticket. Hassan was ranked second in the previous ranking, but has now dropped to fifth.Roll Call: " the governor might yet prove unlucky in opponents. These rankings don't include incumbents, but it's hard to ignore how successfully Sen. Kelly Ayotte has over-performed Trump in the Granite State "
Last week, Roll Call highlighted Kelly's race as the best example of a Senate candidate running ahead of the party's nominee and noted that she is "over-performing Trump better than any of her four fellow GOP candidates."