Of 331 registered New Jersey Republican voters surveyed, 46percentt said they would vote for Mr. Franks in the primary, compared with 24percentt for Mr. Schundler.
She nonetheless drew 53percentt of the votes in last month's Republican primary, compared to the 47 percent that went to her opponent, Robert Chartuk, who is currently the town's parks commissioner.
More significantly, his campaign said that he finished the third quarter, which ended on Sept. 30, with $16 million in cash on hand, including more than $11 million for the primary, compared with $9 million for Mr. Romney.
Mr Hahn, who gained just 24% of the vote in the primary, compared with Mr Villaraigosa's 33%, is an uninspiring politician.
The decision to add Pence to the ticket could help Trump persuade dissenters who would have preferred the fire-and-brimstone brand of candidates like Ted Cruz, whom Pence endorsed just before the Indiana primary, comparing him with Reagan as a "principled conservative".
Over all, about half of Mr. Romney's donors have already given him the maximum contribution for the Republican primary, compared with a third of his donors at the same point in 2007.
Just 10 percent of Mr. Cain's donations so far this year have met the $2,500 limit for the Republican primary, compared with 61 percent for Mr. Romney and 71 percent for Mr. Perry, according to a New York Times analysis.
2.4 million Ohioans voted in the 2008 Democratic primary, compared to 0.5 million in the Republican primary.
South Carolina state Sen. Lee Bright, one of six candidates challenging Sen. Lindsey Graham in the state's GOP Senate primary, compared the Civil War to an abusive relationship Wednesday.
McSally-aligned groups have spent over $5 million on ads during the primary, compared to just over $400,000 by Ward and a super political actions committee supporting her, according to a source tracking media buys.
