Lea goes to Pearce, Newman, Teague

No surprises Lea County. The three federal candidates from Hobbs have easily won there.

With all precincts reporting, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Steve Pearce beat primary opponent Heather Wilson 92 percent to 8 percent.

Meanwhile, Monty Newman won 55 percent of the vote in Lea County to 22 percent for Ed Tinsley, 11 percent for Aubrey Dunn Jr., 10 percent for Greg Sowards and 1 percent for C. Earl Greer.

On the Democratic side in the 2nd District, Harry Teague beat Bill McCamley 85 percent to 15 percent.