Seems like this is because of the Trump endorsement, Putnam was leading before it.
I don’t recall, what was the problem with Alberto Gonzalez?
He was the dope who went before Congress and just flat out lied about firing U.S. Attorney’s for partisan reasons, because he didn’t have the guts to simply say “the President doesn’t want a bunch of U.S. Attorneys who promote the policies of the previous administration. Get over it.”