{"id":212146,"date":"2016-11-08T21:34:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T04:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=212146"},"modified":"2017-01-13T08:18:34","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T15:18:34","slug":"pearce-declares-victory-in-2nd-congressional-district-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/11\/pearce-declares-victory-in-2nd-congressional-district-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearce declares victory in 2nd Congressional District race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., has won\u00a0his race against Democratic challenger Merrie Lee Soules.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_196333\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignright\" style=\"max-width: 336px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-196333\" src=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pearce-Steve-336x233.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Pearce\" width=\"336\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pearce-Steve-336x233.jpg 336w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pearce-Steve-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pearce-Steve-771x534.jpg 771w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pearce-Steve-1170x810.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pearce-Steve.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Heath Haussamen \/ NMPolitics.net<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With <a href=\"http:\/\/electionresults.sos.state.nm.us\/resultsSW.aspx?type=FED&amp;map=CTY\" target=\"_blank\">168,062 votes counted<\/a>, Pearce leads 59.81 percent to 40.19 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored and thankful to once again have the support of my fellow New Mexicans,&#8221; Pearce said in a campaign news release. &#8220;New Mexico has always been my home, and it is an immense privilege to be able to represent and fight for Southern New Mexico for another two years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pearce has served as the state&#8217;s only Republican representative in the U.S. House since 2011. He held the seat before that from 2003-2009.<\/p>\n<p>Soules conceded defeat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Campaigning to represent the wonderful people of this diverse district has been an honor, a privilege, and an education,&#8221; she\u00a0said in a prepared statement. &#8220;I was determined to give the voters of this district the representation I believe they deserve, and I gave it my all. I&#8217;m disappointed by the outcome, but I plan to continue to work for the people of the land that I love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This article has been updated with Soules&#8217; comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., is declaring victory in his race against Democratic challenger Merrie Lee Soules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2959,"featured_media":196333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[708,219,3306,116],"class_list":["post-212146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-2016-election","tag-2nd-congressional-district","tag-steve-pearce","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2959"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}