CD1

Jerry Scott for Congress?

In an interview with Martin Heinrich less than an hour after his acceptance speech on election night, the congressman-elect told the New Mexico Independent, “The campaign’s never over.”
Sunday, a third-party candidate announced his intention to run in 2010 against Heinrich and whatever Republican steps up to challenge the first Democrat to ever hold the seat.
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Mapping the N.M. vote: Congressional races

While much of the attention was on the presidential election during the past few months, all political eyes are now on Minnesota, Alaska and Georgia’s U.S. Senate races. Alaska and Minnesota are still counting ballots, while Georgia is readying itself for a special election next month. Here in New Mexico, there was not as much drama in the race for Senate or even, ultimately, any of the open House seats.

Two counties in N.M. to watch

Politico has a list of 25 key counties to watch for the presidential election. And two New Mexico counties are near the top of the list. Here they are, according to Politico:
3) Bernalillo County: Home to about one-third of New Mexico’s population, Albuquerque’s Bernalillo County is critical for both campaigns. Obama will likely carry the [...]

Another poll shows Heinrich ahead in CD1

Democrat Martin Heinrich continues to hold onto a slim lead in New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District, yet another poll is showing. Blogger Joe Monahan says in today’s “New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan” that an automated poll conducted for him this week gives Heinrich 53 percent to Republican challenger Darren White’s 44 percent.

CD1: Heinrich palling around with eco-terrorists?

The latest volley in the battle between Republican Darren White and former Albuquerque City Councilor Martin Heinrich for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District is a doozy, with White’s newest TV ad calling his opponent “disgraceful, dishonorable, extreme” based on Heinrich’s environmental work and associations. Heinrich’s campaign fired back that the ad is “more brazen lies” from White.

Time magazine: White can’t shake Bush from campaign

In Time magazine’s “Races to Watch ‘08″ section of its Web site, and presumably in its upcoming print issue, the CD1 race between Democrat Martin Heinrich and Republican Darren White is mentioned prominently. Under the headline: “A New Mexico Republican Can’t Shake Bush.”

House GOP ‘death list’ has two N.M. races on list

A recently linked “death list” of U.S. House races shows that the Republican Party is not very optimistic about limiting losses to seats in the House in November’s elections.
You can view the list, which includes New Mexico’s 1st and 2nd Congressional Districts, here.

White contributions may sting Albuquerque firm

TruTouch Technologies, an Albuquerque high-tech company on the front lines of battling drunken driving, could lose a substantial contract with Bernalillo County after two of its officers apparently failed to disclose campaign contributions to Republican congressional candidate Darren White. A state ethics law may have been violated.

Cook Political Report calls CD1 ‘lean Democratic’

In another sign of a Democratic wave this year, the Cook Political Report has moved the 1st Congressional District race in New Mexico to “Lean-Democratic” from the previous “Toss Up” designation.
The non-partisan political analyst David Wasserman changed twelve races and wrote, “… our current outlook is a gain of 23 to 28 seats for House [...]

CD1 Debate: Heinrich, White mix it up

A few good punches were thrown but there didn’t seem to be much blood on the mat after 1st Congressional District candidates Martin Heinrich and Darren White met elbow-to-elbow Wednesday night.