Results from Doña Ana County will be delayed

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A problem with a rental truck means results from southern Doña Ana County won’t be tallied for quite awhile. County spokesman Jess Williams said ballots from all precincts in Anthony and south of there were taken to a location in Anthony to be loaded onto the truck to be driven to Las Cruces. The county is now sending another truck to Anthony to retrieve the ballots. That will delay final results from the county for some time, Williams said. Continue Reading

Democratic 2nd District race too close to call

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Regardless of what Harry Teague says, the Democratic 2nd Congressional District primary is too close to call. The newest Associated Press tally has Teague ahead of Bill McCamley 51.35 percent to 48.65 percent with 72 percent of precincts reporting. The independent AP tally is historically faster than and just as accurate as the Secretary of State’s tally. Teague has declared victory in this race, but the reality is that it’s too close to call. Stay tuned. Continue Reading

Denish doesn’t quite call it for Teague

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Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, one of the biggest supporters of Harry Teague in the Democratic 2nd Congressional District race, isn’t quite ready to call the race but says Teague is the likely winner. “I think it’s a pretty hefty lead, but it depends on where the returns are from,” she said, while adding that the large number of votes yet to be counted in Doña Ana County “could maybe change things.” Continue Reading

Teague declares victory; McCamley says it’s too early

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Harry Teague is declaring victory in the Democratic 2nd Congressional District primary, but the campaign of his opponent, Bill McCamley, says it’s too early to call the race. Teague declared victory moments ago in an interview with KANW-AM in Albuquerque. “I had so much support from so many people,” Teague said in thanking those who helped him. He also said he believes the general election will “be a very close race.” Teague has won a number of counties across the district, but McCamley is easily winning his home county of Doña Ana with more than half of precincts there yet to report results. According to the Secretary of State’s Web site, Teague is winning 64-36 percent, but it’s not clear what percentage of the vote has been counted. Continue Reading

Sowards has lead in Doña Ana County

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This is going to be one of the shockers of the night if it remains true to the end: Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate Greg Sowards is winning Doña Ana County. With 42 of 117 precincts reporting in the county, Sowards has 34 percent of the vote to Ed Tinsley’s 32 percent, 14 percent for Monty Newman, 12 percent for C. Earl Greer and 9 percent for Aubrey Dunn Jr. I’ve written about Sowards’ unique strategy that has apparently gotten him some serious attention. Click here to read about it. Continue Reading

Pearce, Tinsley, Teague win Luna County

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With all precincts reporting, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Steve Pearce beat primary opponent Heather Wilson 78 percent to 22 percent in Luna County. Meanwhile, Ed Tinsley won the Republican 2nd Congressional District race with 36 percent of the vote to 22 percent for Aubrey Dunn Jr., 19 percent for C. Earl Greer, 13 percent for Monty Newman and 10 percent for Greg Sowards On the Democratic side in the 2nd District, Harry Teague beat Bill McCamley 58 percent to 42 percent. Continue Reading

Lea goes to Pearce, Newman, Teague

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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. Continue Reading

Hidalgo goes to Pearce, Tinsley, Teague

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With all precincts reporting, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Steve Pearce beat primary opponent Heather Wilson in Hidalgo County 75 percent to 25 percent. Meanwhile, Ed Tinsley won Hidalgo County in the Republican 2nd Congressional District race with 27 percent of the vote to 24 percent each for C. Earl Greer and Greg Sowards, 17.5 percent for Aubrey Dunn Jr. and 7 percent for Monty Newman. On the Democratic side in the 2nd District, Harry Teague beat Bill McCamley 63 percent to 37 percent. Continue Reading

Pearce, McCamley, Tinsley lead early in Doña Ana

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With seven precincts reporting, Steve Pearce is beating Heather Wilson in the Republican U.S. Senate primary 70 percent to 30 percent in Doña Ana County. Meanwhile, Bill McCamley has 66 percent of the vote in the Democratic 2nd Congressional District race in Doña Ana County to 34 percent for Harry Teague. In the Republican 2nd District race, Ed Tinsley has 35 percent of the vote to 30 percent for Greg Sowards, 14 percent for Monty Newman, 12 percent for C. Earl Greer and 10 percent for Aubrey Dunn Jr. Continue Reading

Pearce, Teague lead in Chaves, GOP CD2 up in air

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With early and absentee voting and some precincts already counted, Chaves County is going heavily to Steve Pearce in the Republican U.S. Senate primary. He has 80 percent of the vote to Heather Wilson’s 20 percent. In the Republican 2nd Congressional District primary, Ed Tinsley is narrowly leading with 31 percent of the vote to 30 percent for Aubrey Dunn Jr. Monty Newman has 25 percent, Greg Sowards has 11 percent and C. Earl Greer has 3 percent. In the Democratic 2nd Congressional District primary, Harry Teague is beating Bill McCamley early on, with 68 percent of the vote to McCamley’s 32 percent in Chaves County. It’s also worth noting that, in the early results that are being reported in Chaves County, state House Minority Whip Dan Foley is losing to Dennis Kintigh 64 percent to 36 percent, but the district extends far beyond Chaves County. Continue Reading