Scott Brown continues to keep pace with Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire’s increasingly competitive Senate race, according to a new poll

The latest NH1/New England College survey shows Brown tied with Shaheen, with both at 47 percent support among likely voters. A poll conducted the week before by the same group found Shaheen leading by seven percentage points; Brown’s closing the gap can be credited to his taking a slight lead among independent voters.

September brought mixed findings from the more than a dozen public polls of the Granite State race, with some showing Shaheen or Brown holding sizable leads, while others found them virtually tied or within the margin of error.