Chris Christie leaps to second place in New Hampshire poll

Gov. Chris Christie
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's support has doubled in New Hampshire since November, throwing him into second place behind frontrunner Donald Trump. According to a poll conducted by Boston's WBUR, Christie now holds 12 percent support with New Hampshire GOP primary voters, just ahead of Sen. Marco Rubio's 11 percent; Sen. Ted Cruz lags only slightly behind them both, at 10 percent. Trump maintains his wide lead in the state, with 27 percent of the likely voters' support.

"The presence of Christie I think makes things more complicated for, let alone Jeb Bush and John Kasich, but also Marco Rubio emerging as the Trump alternative. And that's a key question: One, will the Trump vote be there in the end? And two, will the so-called establishment vote split half a dozen different ways?" University of New Hampshire political scholar Dante Scala told WBUR.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.