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Republicans might be gunning for a few Democrats this year, but Democrats aren’t sitting still it appears. They’ve recruited a candidate to run against veteran Republican state Rep. Jeannette Wallace, a 10-term lawmaker from Los Alamos.
Wallace is taking her opponent seriously. One look at Stephanie Richard‘s campaign finance report shows why.
Richard raised $28,000 from June 25 through last week and spent only $2,300. according to her campaign finance report. That left Richard with $26,000 in cash-on hand, compared to the nearly $18,500 Wallace had on hand, a review of both campaign finance reports shows.
“I’m anticipating a strong fight,” Wallace told The Independent. The veteran Republican raised $14,000 over the same period and spent about $5,500, her campaign finance report shows.
Wallace hasn’t fielded much competition over the past 10 years, making this year’s challenge somewhat of a surprise.
Neri Holguin, Richard’s campaign manager, told The Independent on Wednesday, that a lot of people are excited by Richard, which explains the amount of money she raised in six weeks.
“It’s got momentum and we are working it really hard,” Holguin said. “We are going to run a tough campaign.”
Wallace acknowledged that her legislative district has more registered Democrats than Republicans when you include the Jemez mountain area and Cochiti Lake. Meanwhile Los Alamos, which is generally more conservative than the district’s outlying areas, went for Obama in the 2008 presidential election, Holguin said.
