Silver: Udall second safest Dem Senator in 2014
According to electoral predictions wizard Nate Silver, Tom Udall is among the safest Democrat Senators up for election in 2014. Silver listed Udall as only behind Rhode Island’s Jack Reed on list of most Democratic seats in his “initial snapshot” of the 2014 Senatorial elections. Other Senators that are among the safest seats are in Democratic bastions like Delaware (Chris Coons), Hawaii (Brian Schatz) and Illinois (Richard Durbin). Virginia’s Mark Warner is also put in there despite … Read entire article »
NRA targets Udall, other Senators
While it has had a tough road in beating back some gun control legislation, the NRA is still a powerful, well-funded group. It is using some of its coffers to oppose Democratic senators up for election in 2014, including Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. However, it doesn’t appear to be targeting Udall to closely, as it will not be paying for newspaper ads, instead only using online ads to target Udall. A previous web ad (YouTube link) from … Read entire article »
Barela says no to Senate run
Don’t look forward to a Tom Udall vs. Jon Barela showdown in 2014. Barela, the state Economic Development Department secretary, told CQ Roll Call that he will not seek the Senate seat currently held by Udall. Barela ran for Congress in New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District in 2010 but lost to Martin Heinrich. Udall was elected to the Senate in 2008, defeating Steve Pearce. The race was a congressman vs. congressman, as both left their respective House … Read entire article »
Bernalillo County continues to be blue
The state’s most populous county continued to show it is more Democratic than Republican with the results of the 2012 general election. In years past Bernalillo, dominated by Albuquerque’s population, has been considered a key swing area to the state. But as the population grows, it continues to be Democratic. This is seen in the Presidential race where President Barack Obama easily defeated Mitt Romney 55.55 percent to 39.36 percent according to Bernalillo County Clerk numbers. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Albuquerque Elections, CD1, Featured, New Mexico House, New Mexico Senate, Senate
NBC calls Senate race for Heinrich (Update: Wilson concedes)
Shortly after all the networks projected Barack Obama to win reelection, NBC projected U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich to win election to the U.S. Senate over former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson. The two were running to replace longtime U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman and it is the second straight U.S. Senate election where Democrats have defeated Republicans. Last time, Tom Udall defeated Steve Pearce in a battle of U.S. Representatives. This time, Heinrich defeated Wilson who preceded him … Read entire article »
Heinrich, Obama win early voting in BernCo
Early and absentee voting was friendly to Democrats on the federal level in Bernalillo County. The first numbers coming in from Bernalillo County shows Heinrich leading Heather Wilson 54 percent to 46 percent and Barack Obama leading Mitt Romney 55 percent to 40 percent. Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson leads 3.5 percent. Michelle Lujan Grisham did the best of hte three federal candidates, however — she won early and absentee voting 58 percent to 40 … Read entire article »
Wilson internal poll shows dead heat
The campaign of Heather Wilson released another U.S. Senate poll and once again the poll is out of step with every other publicly-released poll in the race. The poll shows a 46 percent to 46 percent tie with Martin Heinrich, with Independent American Party candidate taking 3 percent. The poll, conducted for the Heather Wilson campaign by Public Opinion Strategies, is the latest in a string of Wilson polls that contradict public polls and Heinrich’s … Read entire article »
Weekly Word Podcast talks elections, open government
The second episode of the Weekly Word podcast is up and its another good one. You can listen from iTunes, download the mp3 directly (right-click and save) or listen to the embedded player below. With the election less than a week away, Santa Fe staff reporter Joey Peters and myself once again spent the bulk of the podcast speaking about what to expect come Tuesday night. We decided to have Capitol Report New Mexico’s Rob Nikolewski on … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, New Mexico House, New Mexico Senate, Open Government, Podcast, Senate
Looking at the Senate race five days out
Just about everyone looks at the U.S. Senate race as Martin Heinrich’s to lose at this point. Everyone except the Heather Wilson campaign, of course. The only reason there is even the slightest whiff of a scent of a question on the race is that Heather Wilson’s campaign has released three internal polls in the last two months showing a close race. In fact, her last release showed a one-perfect lead for Wilson. Unfortunately for Wilson, these … Read entire article »
Heinrich campaign releases their own poll showing double-digit lead
The campaign or Rep. Martin Heinrich released an internal poll on Tuesday, one week from election day, that showed his campaign still comfortably ahead of Heather Wilson. The poll shows a 51 percent to 41 percent lead for Heinrich, with Independent American Party candidate Jon Barrie taking 6 percent. In a two-way race, the poll shows Heinrich leading 52 percent to 43 percent. The release of the poll comes a day after a Public Opinion Strategies poll … Read entire article »
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