The Corner (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
"Rep. Heather Wilson to Obama: NM Women Won't 'Get Over It'" Albuquerque, NM - Today, Barack Obama will speak at a closed-door event in Albuquerque to address issues related to working women, according to his campaign. Congresswoman Heather Wilson (R-NM) made the following statement, alluding to Obama's recent comments that female voters who previously supported Senator Clinton should "get over it"...
The Brad Blog (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
I think we've kept our oft-made promise so far, to bring you coverage of the 2008 Election that you will find nowhere else. From the first Primary mess out of the box in NH; to Rep. Heather Wilson's vote-buying scandal in NM (she lost her bid for the Senate nomination, btw, poor dear); to thousands of [...]
BizzyBlog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
The Club for Growth PAC is on a sensible streak: It backed Tom McClintock in California’s GOP primary. McClintock won against a relative RINO. It backed Congressman Steve Pearce in New Mexico. Pearce defeated RINO-drifting Congresswoman Heather Wilson in the GOP Senate Primary. It is backing Sean Parnell, Alaska’s current Lt. Governor, against incumbent congressman Don “Bridge to [...]
D-Day (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Fresh off of failing to recruit anyone decent to run as a Republican for the US Senate and seeing: • loony Steve Pearce use Club for Growth money to beat the more moderate Heather Wilson in New Mexico's primary, putting that Senate seat against Ton Udall out of reach • an 85 year-old former Green Party candidate win the Republican primary in Montana • the golden boy candidate Jim Ogonowski fail to...
Democracy for New Mexico (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund today launched its third TV ad in New Mexico this election cycle, and the first since Steve Pearce defeated Heather Wilson by about 3,000 votes to win the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in New...
Gristmill (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
By Kate Sheppard This got lost in the flap over the Climate Security Act yesterday, but via Politico , on Tuesday night Rep. Steve Pearce narrowly won the Republican Senate primary in New Mexico. He beat out Rep. Heather Wilson by a margin of 51 to 49 percent in the contest to see who will replace GOP Sen. Pete Domenici, who is retiring for health reasons. Wilson was seen as the more moderate of the...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) narrowly won Tuesday's Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat by 51% to 49% over Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.), the AP/Las Cruces Sun-News reports. According to the AP/Sun-News, Pearce ran on his "right-wing Republican credentials, including opposition to abortion rights" (Clark, AP/Las Cruces Sun-News, 6/4).
The Pink Flamingo (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
WILSON NOW ON "THE" LIST? Local scuttlebutt is that Heather Wilson is now on the VP short list. With her military back ground, slightly moderate stance, she could pull it off. The one thing you wouldn’t need to worry about is her being ‘ready’. I’m wondering if Wilson might decide to run for governor in a year or so. The one good thing about the results of this election is the fact that we have two...
Republican Senate (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Conservative Rep. Steve Pearce defeated moderate Rep. Heather Wilson on Tuesday, setting up a general election with Rep. Tom Udall. Pearce enjoyed nearly universal support from the conservative organizations that chose to get involved in the race, most notably the Club for Growth. He did, however, have to overcome a last minute endorsement [...]
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Suffice it to say that June 3 was the Republican Party's terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day. Senate Races NM-Sen : The bitterly contested primary between Reps. Steve Pearce and Heather Wilson on the Republican side is over, and by the skin of his teeth, Pearce has won. We can officially thank Wilson for vacating her House seat for a failed U.S. Senate run. It won't be long until we can say...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Sarah Lueck reports on vice presidential speculation. Rep. Heather Wilson of New Mexico lost Tuesday to a more conservative Republican in a primary fight for the open Senate seat in her state, but Virginia Republican Rep. Tom Davis suggested she might make a good running mate for John McCain. Davis–who hasn't been shy about criticizing [...]
NewMexiKen (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
NewMexiKen’s very own congress critter, Heather Wilson, lost the primary yesterday for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. The far more conservative candidate won, Rep. Steve Pearce. He gets the opportunity to lose to the third of our three representatives, Democrat Tom Udall, in November. My question: What do you think are the [...]
Capitol Briefing (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Rep. Steve Pearce eked out a narrow victory Tuesday over Rep. Heather Wilson to claim the Republican nomination in the race to succeed New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici (R), capping off a heated campaign on a day crowded with congressional primary contests. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Pearce had 51 percent to Wilson's 49 percent, winning the contest by roughly 3,000 votes. Pearce will now face...
Red State (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
We're so busy focused on the Presidential race, we've ignored Steve Pearce out in New Mexico. He ran against Heather Wilson in the GOP primary to replace Pete Domenici. In the last days of the campaign Domenici endorsed Heather Wilson. It did her no good. Pearce ran as the conservative in the race and won. He'll now face Tom Udall. According to the RCP average it is going to be a very uphill race....
Talking Points Memo (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
One of TPM's faves, Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM), went down last night. She was Sen. Pete Domenici's hand-picked successor in New Mexico, but she lost in the GOP primary to Rep. Steve Pearce. Wilson earned her TPMmuckraker bona fides with...
