Steve Pearce
N.M. congressional delegation support for Bush split on sharp partisan lines in ‘08
During a year in which 60 percent of New Mexico’s delegation to D.C. won’t be back for the swearing in of new members next week, looking back at how much the delegation supported George W. Bush’s stances on issues this year is more or less a novelty. And only one member — Jeff Bingaman — [...]
Pearce’s future unclear in blue New Mexico
What’s next for the steadfastly conservative congressman? Head of the state GOP? Governor in 2010? Some say if he’s going to get elected to another office, New Mexico will have to change. Because Steve Pearce won’t.
Allen McCulloch announces run for N.M. GOP chairman
As expected, former U.S. Senate candidate Allen McCulloch announced today that he’s running to be the next chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico.
$14 billion auto bailout dies in Senate … despite Domenici and Bingaman votes to at least have a vote
The $14 billion bailout for the American automobile industry collapsed tonight after the auto union refused to accept GOP demands that it agree to big wage cuts for its workers and the bill failed a key test vote in the Senate.
Udall votes for auto bailout; Wilson, Pearce vote against it
U.S. Rep. Tom Udall voted for a $14 billion bailout for American automobile companies Wednesday evening, while U.S. Reps. Heather Wilson and Steve Pearce voted against it. The bill was approved on a vote of 237-170 and now heads to the Senate for consideration. Interestingly, Udall, a Democrat, joined the Republican Pearce in voting against the $700 billion financial bailout earlier this year, while the GOP’s Wilson voted for that bailout bill.
Steve Pearce considers run to lead state GOP
Fresh off his loss in the U.S. Senate race, Rep. Steve Pearce is seriously considering running for the position of chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico. A number of Republican sources said Pearce spoke with several county Republican Party chairs about the possibility during a conference call earlier this week.
Rating the pollsters in New Mexico’s U.S. Senate race
Polling in the presidential race in New Mexico wasn’t exactly dead on this year.
But in our U.S. Senate race — that pit Democrat Tom Udall against Republican Steve Pearce — the polling was a little better. Using the last three weeks before the election, the Pollster.com average was 58.7 percent for Udall and 38.8 percent [...]
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.
What do you say after you’ve lost an election?
What do you say to your supporters after you’ve just suffered a rather sizable defeat at the hands of Barack Obama and the Democratic tidal wave?
Darren White, the 1st Congressional District Republican candidate who lost by 11 points to Democrat Martin Heinrich last week, chose congeniality in a message he posted on his Web site.
N.M. Republicans may be down, but they’re hardly out
Despite the tears and occasional jeers at the New Mexico Republican Party’s election-watch event Tuesday, rays of hope began to emerge. Are any of them ready to heed the call to turn around and get right back into another election? (And, yes, another election is our reward for getting through this one.)