Senator Rand Paul endorses Greg Sowards

Rand Paul

Sen. Rand Paul today announced his endorsement of Republican Greg Sowards in the New Mexico Senate Primary. “I’m calling on conservatives, libertarians, and Tea Party activists in New Mexico and across the nation to support Greg Sowards,” Paul said.  “He will stand for the Constitution and I’m proud to stand with him.  Greg supports dramatically shrinking government.  Greg supports the 5-year balanced budget proposed by myself and Senators DeMint and Lee.   He agrees that our future generations of Americans do not deserve to be enslaved by debt, and we need more champions like him in the U.S. Senate.” Paul added, “Greg realizes our problems aren’t solved in Washington, but by getting back to local governance where New Mexicans can have more control over their own lives.  Government does not create jobs… entrepreneurs like the Sowards family do. ” Sowards concluded, “I’m honored to stand with a true champion of liberty, Senator Rand Paul.  He recognizes that there is a clear choice here in New Mexico.  My opponent is a big spending, socially liberal, career politician with a tendency towards big government and I want to bring the values of everyday America back to Washington.” Sowards, who running for the open seat to replace the retiring Sen. Jeff Bingaman, is a Military veteran and successful small businessman who employs 75 New Mexicans.  His opponent in the June 5^th Republican Primary election is Heather Wilson. 

Senator Rand Paul endorses Greg Sowards

Can Heather Wilson pick up a Senate seat in New Mexico?

Heather Wilson

Washington Post - Former New Mexico congresswoman Heather Wilson (R) has tried this before. In 2008, she ran for the U.S. Senate but lost narrowly in the primary to Steve Pearce. That might have been fortunate for Wilson’s future political prospects. In a victorious Democratic election cycle, Pearce went on to get clobbered by Tom Udall by more than 20 points, while President Obama carried the state by 14 points. In 2012, however, the political landscape has changed, and Wilson’s prospects to take back a seat from the Democrats looks good. But why would she want to work in a dysfunctional place like the U.S. Senate? Wilson told me on Tuesday during our interview on Capitol Hill that what is appealing about the Senate is the chance to “shape the agenda.” That’s something the current Democratic leadership, which refused again this week to pass the budget, certainly hasn’t done. Wilson got her start in national politics under the tutelage of a New Mexico legend, Republican Sen. Pete Domenici, for whom she has great admiration and affection. In the Senate, he was a tough negotiator, but back in New Mexico, she said, “He was just ‘Pete.’ ” Her other model is former senator Jack Danforth (R-Mo.), a conservative respected on both sides of the aisle and a man with a wonkish devotion to policy. Wilson is a conservative in what has lately been a blue state. But like New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, she is the sort of Republican who has successfully rounded up votes from independents and Democrats. She told me, “I became a Republican because I trust people more than I trust government” to make important life decisions. And as important, she said, “After Vietnam, the Democrats became fundamentally the anti-military as a party.” As a former Air Force officer and a National Security staffer (for President George W. Bush), she is all too aware that in a crisis we don’t have time to rebuild a depleted military; A responsible, long-term plan for defense spending has to be in place. Read More News New Mexico 

Can Heather Wilson pick up a Senate seat in New Mexico?

Wilson’s poll has her leading Sowards by 71 points

Heather Wilson

NMPolitics - The first poll of the GOP U.S. Senate primary to be released since John Sanchez dropped out of the race has Heather Wilson leading Greg Sowards by 71 points. The survey, an internal poll conducted by Public Opinion Strategies for the Wilson campaign, has her leading Sowards 81 percent to 10 percent. The survey of 500 likely Republican primary voters was conducted Feb. 13-15 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.38 percentage points. Read More News New Mexico

Wilson’s poll has her leading Sowards by 71 points