Mitt Romney Leads in Another New Hampshire Poll

Former Gov. Mitt Romney is leading in New Hampshire according to a Suffolk University/7News poll released on Friday while former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum continues to move up in the Granite State. New Hampshire will hold its primary on Tuesday.

Romney takes 40 percent in the poll with U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas in second with 17 percent. Santorum takes third with 11 percent in the poll, ahead of former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich with 9 percent and former Jon Huntsman of Utah with 8 percent. Gov. Rick Perry of Texas lags far behind with 1 percent.

Rick Santorum is the only Republican candidate moving up in New Hampshire, said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, which has been running daily tracking polls for the New Hampshire primary.He has cleared the Gingrich and Huntsman hurdles for third place and is only 6 points away from second place. Watch out, Ron Paul.

The poll of 500 likely New Hampshire Republican primary voters was taken on Jan. 4-5 and had a margin of error of +/- 4.4 percent.