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The battle for the Republican nod in the Albuquerque-based 1st Congressional District gets very personal on TV
NMI Managing Editor David Alire Garcia interviewed White, Cararro for KNME’s New Mexico In Focus.
In their first televised forum together, CD1 Republican contenders Darren White and Joe Carraro proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that they don’t really care for one another.
At all.
The forum was the first installment of a series of interviews with the candidates in each of the three New Mexico congressional districts up for grabs this year.
In an insult-laden affair, White, the Bernalillo County sheriff, called Cararro, a five-term West Side state senator, an arrogant career politician who feels entitled to a seat in Congress.
Cararro, for his part, said White has no understanding of the issues, has a track record of a terrible manager, and at the very end of the interview asked: “Did Darren White ever do drugs?”
What the viewer of KNME’s New Mexico In Focus did not see, however, was the exchange that immediately followed that question.
Sheriff White, with real contempt in his voice getting up from the table to leave, said, “Joe, have you ever taken an IQ test?”
Sen. Carraro, standing and with equal contempt in his voice, responded, “Can you believe that? You’ve got a real issue now. An IQ test. Yeah, go ahead, write that thing down,” Cararro added pointing to me.
Expect more of the same between now and June 4.
