{"id":2989,"date":"2008-03-15T17:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-15T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/03\/pearce-claims-a-huge-upset-at-preprimary\/"},"modified":"2008-03-15T17:42:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-15T23:42:00","slug":"pearce-claims-a-huge-upset-at-preprimary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/03\/pearce-claims-a-huge-upset-at-preprimary\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearce claims a &#8216;huge upset&#8217; at preprimary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R9xe72ameYI\/AAAAAAAAFPo\/7fyeptnTxSw\/s1600-h\/Pearce,+Steve.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R9xe72ameYI\/AAAAAAAAFPo\/7fyeptnTxSw\/s200\/Pearce,+Steve.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178118053881608578\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peopleforpearce.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Pearce<\/a> says his nine-point win over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heatherforsenate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heather Wilson<\/a> in today\u2019s U.S. Senate GOP preprimary contest is a \u201chuge upset.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Pearce finished with 54.5 percent of the vote to <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Wilson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s 45.5 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cCynthia and I are so happy and thrilled,\u201d Pearce said in a news release. \u201cWe did today what would have been unthinkable just a few months ago. Today\u2019s results clearly show that I am the only candidate who has the momentum to beat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.udallforusall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Udall<\/a> in November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Over just a few months, Pearce has captured the hearts of party activists and scored a clear a decisive victory at the convention, his release states. He was formally nominated by Teresita Gonzalez and his speech was received with a standing ovation and loud applause from the delegates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThis victory was the result of a lot of hard work and an incredible amount of support statewide,\u201d Pearce said. \u201cNew Mexicans know the importance of steady leadership and genuine conservative values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cIt also shows this election will be decided on ideas and the right vision for the future of <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New   Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>,\u201d he said. \u201cTom Udall and I have significant differences. The people of New Mexico will get a clear choice between policies I believe make us more free, safe and prosperous and the kind of decisions my Democratic colleague in the House has consistently made that are bad for New Mexico and bad for the country. I continue to look forward to that debate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Pearce says his nine-point win over Heather Wilson in today\u2019s U.S. Senate GOP preprimary contest is a \u201chuge upset.\u201d Pearce finished with 54.5 percent of the vote to Wilson\u2019s 45.5 percent. \u201cCynthia and I are so happy and thrilled,\u201d Pearce said in a news release. \u201cWe did today what would have been unthinkable just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}