CONCORD, MASS. (WHDH) – Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff held a rally in New Hampshire Wednesday to campaign for his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris.

“It’s good to be back in New Hampshire,” Emhoff said to a cheering crowd at a union hall in Concord, N.H.

Harris’ presidential campaign has some momentum in New Hampshire. The latest 7News/Emerson College poll found registered Granite State voters favor the vice president over former President Donald Trump 50 percent to 46 percent.

When asked how she felt about the poll numbers, U.S. Representative Annie Kuster explained that she was “very excited.”

“We’re having thousands of volunteers show up, we’ve got hundreds of people turning out today for Doug Emhoff,” Kuster said.

Harris unofficially took over the top of the ticket just last week, when President Joe Biden announced he would not seek a second term.

“This has been a surreal week, week and a half. We have barely been able to spend much time together,” Emhoff said at the rally.

The vice president is quickly improving on Biden’s standing in the 7News/Emerson College poll from last November, moving three percent higher in New Hampshire. But, Trump is also up — gaining four percent since November.

“The polls have tightened but we’re still the underdog, right? We are. So we’ve got to work extra hard each and every day,” Emhoff said.

The poll found Granite State voters under 30 are switching their support to the Harris campaign. Last November, the poll found they favored Biden over Trump by four points. But now, they’re favoring Harris by 17 points.

New Hampshire State Sen. Donovan Fenton, 35, spoke to Harris’ attraction to people in their 20s.

“She brings enthusiasm and energy. Polls are great, but that’s not going to stop us from getting out there and working our butts off,” Fenton said.

With the Harris campaign in New Hampshire, Trump will likely spend some time in the state as well. It promises to be a battleground state over the next three months.

Ray Buckley, the chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, noted Democrats have fared well in recent presidential elections.

“We’re positively optimistic and we think that we will carry it, but it will be close,” Buckley said.

The Trump team was unavailable Wednesday for comment about New Hampshire.

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CONCORD, NH — First responders and conservation officers were able to assist an injured out-of-state hiker off the Franconia Brook Trail in Franconia on Tuesday, according to the New Hampshire Fish & Game Department.

The Rescue Coordination Center received an SOS signal from a hiker’s Garmin inReach device about another hiker suffering from a “serious upper-body injury” around 3 p.m. on the upper portion of the trail. The injured hiker, a woman in her late 20s, could not continue without being carried. Lt. James Kneeland of Fish and Game said a caretaker from the Garfield Shelter was requested to respond and assess the injury. About an hour and 45 minutes later, they arrived and confirmed the need for a carry-out.

“The hiker was located 5.4 miles from the nearest trailhead,” he said. “Conservation officers along with volunteers from Pemi Valley Search and Rescue Team responded to the Garfield Trail off Gale River Road in Bethlehem.”

The first rescuers reached the hiker, Alyssa Hewson of Woonsocket, RI, around 8 p.m. After a reassessment, it was decided she could start hiking to the trailhead with assistance. Just before 11 p.m., the rescue party and Hewson reached a waiting ATV, and she was taken down the trail. Forty minutes later, she was taken by Twin Mountain Ambulance to Littleton Regional Hospital.

Hewson said the hikers were planning a two-day hike along the 32-mile Pemi Loop when they realized they would not be able to complete the hike as planned and decided to bail out at the Franconia Brook Trail. Around 3 p.m., she fell forward on a steep, wet section of the trail and fell five feet.

“As one of her companions was a paramedic,” Kneeland said, “aid was provided quickly. Hewson and her companions were very appreciative of the 30 volunteers and five conservation officers who responded to the incident.”

Kneeland said the group was “well prepared for a multi-day hike.”