After a series of months during which GOP front-runners Donald Trump and Ben Carson maintained virtually all the limelight in the party's crowded field of presidential contenders, Marco Rubio seems to be making a comeback as the Florida senator is surging in three separate polls.

The son of Cuban immigrants is benefiting from a good performance during the CNBC-sponsored Republican presidential debate last week and surged 9-percentage point among GOP voters in the critical early primary state of New Hampshire, a WBUR poll conducted by MassINC revealed, according to the Boston-based NPR station.

In the survey of 400 likely primary participants, Rubio came third at 11 percent. But the two candidates who still top the Floridan -- Trump and Carson -- both lost ground. The real-estate tycoon was backed by 18 percent, a drop of 4-percentage points when compared with WBUR's last poll in September. The retired neurosurgeon, meanwhile, scored 16 percent, losing 2-percentage points. The survey has a margin of error of 4.9 percent points.

MassINC Polling Group's Steve Koczela confirmed that support for both Trump and for Carson has eroded slightly in the Granite State since September.

"Underneath there has been some movement," Koczela said. "Both Marco Rubio and Chris Christie were perceived as doing well in the debate and have seen their numbers climb substantially from where they were in September."

Meanwhile, yet another New Hampshire poll conducted by Monmouth University, also shows Rubio taking the third place spot in the race with 13 percent of the vote. The survey also noted that the Miami native enjoyed a high favorable rating, which at 62 percent was just 2-percentage points below that of Carson, who tends to top that category.

And on the national stage, Rubio also seems to be catching up for the pair of frontrunners. A Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday shows the Florida senator jumping to third place, with 14 percent, and puts his favorable rating at a whopping 71 percent.