{"id":40784,"date":"2012-06-12T06:52:30","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T12:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=40784"},"modified":"2012-06-12T06:52:35","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T12:52:35","slug":"wilson-says-liberal-groups-lobbyist-claim-is-false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2012\/06\/wilson-says-liberal-groups-lobbyist-claim-is-false\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson says liberal group\u2019s lobbyist claim is false"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"ProgressNow<\/a>

ProgressNow N.M. took the link to the lobbying documents shown above off its Wilson Watch website after being asked by NMPolitics.net for comment Monday. It says it\u2019s looking into her claim that she\u2019s not the same Heather Wilson listed in the documents. (Screen shot from WilsonWatch.org)<\/p><\/div>\n

A left-leaning group has accused Republican U.S. Senate candidate Heather Wilson of lobbying for an aeronautical company in Washington; Wilson says the allegation is false.<\/h4>\n
\"Heather<\/a>

Heather Wilson (Photo by Heath Haussamen)<\/p><\/div>\n

The left-leaning group ProgressNow New Mexico<\/a> recently accused Republican U.S. Senate candidate Heather Wilson<\/a> of serving as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. after she left the U.S. House in 2008.<\/p>\n

On its Wilson Watch<\/a> website, the group has a section aimed at highlighting Wilson\u2019s Washington ties. It states she was a lobbyist and, until Monday, linked to these documents<\/a> showing that someone named Heather Wilson was a registered lobbyist for North Eastern Aeronautical in 2009 and 2010.<\/p>\n

Wilson\u2019s campaign spokesman, Christopher Sanchez, said it\u2019s not the same Heather Wilson.<\/p>\n

\u201cHeather Wilson does not now, nor has she ever, had any employment, contract or affiliation of any kind with North Eastern Aeronautical,\u201d Sanchez said.<\/p>\n

ProgressNow\u2019s Pat Davis took the lobbying documents off the Wilson Watch website on Monday after being contacted by NMPolitics.net for comment, and said the organization will double check Wilson\u2019s claim.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf this is not the same Heather Wilson, I am happy to post the correction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

ProgressNow, whose website states that it is a \u201cnon-profit, non-partisan, grassroots organization,\u201d has been quite active this election cycle in New Mexico. Among its work was the outing of a man who illegally registered his dog to vote as the husband of a staffer<\/a> on Wilson\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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