{"id":3692,"date":"2008-09-09T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T22:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/09\/politico-cd2-race-is-one-that-could-reshape-congress\/"},"modified":"2008-09-09T16:28:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T22:28:00","slug":"politico-cd2-race-is-one-that-could-reshape-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/09\/politico-cd2-race-is-one-that-could-reshape-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Politico: CD2 race is one that could reshape Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>New Mexico\u2019s 2nd Congressional District race between Democrat Harry Teague<\/a> and Republican Ed Tinsley<\/a> is one of 10 races \u201cthat could reshape the next Congress,\u201d according to The Politico<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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With that in mind, the news outlet profiled the race in an article published today<\/a>. The verdict: The similarities between the two candidates \u201ccould spell trouble for the GOP, which could lose its 30-year grip on the district if Teague can appeal to its conservative Republican base.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One sign of GOP concern, the article states, is that the vice president is hosting a fundraiser for Tinsley later this month in Teague\u2019s hometown of Hobbs<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Both candidates, The Politico reports, \u201chave deep ties to the local oil industry and support increased domestic drilling and alternative energy development in the rural district. Both men are also wealthy enough to finance a good chunk of their own campaigns. As of June, Teague had given himself more than $768,000\u2026 and Tinsley had given himself $235,000.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tinsley\u2019s hope, according to the article, \u201cis to showcase areas where Teague falls short of the conservative platform.\u201d Tinsley is doing that, telling the news outlet that Teague\u2019s \u201cmessage has consistently flown in the face of conservative beliefs, whether it\u2019s on tax policy, energy policy or his position on Iraq<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>. I would say you don\u2019t change the spots on a leopard.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Teague is out with a new TV ad. Here it is:<\/p>\n

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Update, 9:55 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Tinsley spokesman Jim Pettit said, in response to Teague\u2019s new ad, that voters in the district care more about energy and the economy than the candidates. He said Teague\u2019s policy stances on those issues are bad for the voters of the district and, among other things, would lead to higher taxes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis isn\u2019t the kind of change 2nd District voters have in mind,\u201d Pettit said.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Mexico\u2019s 2nd Congressional District race between Democrat Harry Teague and Republican Ed Tinsley is one of 10 races \u201cthat could reshape the next Congress,\u201d according to The Politico. With that in mind, the news outlet profiled the race in an article published today. The verdict: The similarities between the two candidates \u201ccould spell trouble […]<\/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-3692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3692","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=3692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}