Rawson leads; other Doña Ana County races are close

In Doña Ana County, the only race that was expected to be close that, at least thus far, isn’t is the state Senate contest between Republican Leonard Lee Rawson and Democrat Steve Fischmann.

With 46 percent of precincts reporting in Doña Ana County, the presidential, U.S. Senate, 2nd Congressional District, clerk and treasurer races are all within 3 percentage points.

I’m guessing, based on a look at the numbers, that the votes that have been counted come from more Republican-leaning than Democratic-leaning precincts. I expect all of these races to swing to Democrats are more votes are counted.

While we don’t know exactly which precincts have been counted, the news appears to look good for Rawson, who is leading 58 percent to 42 percent at this point. Rawson’s district also runs into conservative Sierra County, where he should win. Fischmann needs to win Doña Ana County.