{"id":589860,"date":"2018-06-05T20:15:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T02:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=589860"},"modified":"2018-06-05T22:58:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T04:58:38","slug":"no-surprise-here-pearce-to-face-lujan-grisham-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/06\/no-surprise-here-pearce-to-face-lujan-grisham-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"No surprise here: Pearce to face Lujan Grisham in November"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michelle Lujan Grisham<\/p><\/div>\n

After an Albuquerque Journal poll recently showed Michelle Lujan Grisham with a commanding lead<\/a> in a three-way primary for the Democratic nomination for governor, it wasn’t surprising that she was declared winner soon after the polls closed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Journal pollster Brian Sanderoff called the race for Lujan Grisham shortly after 7 p.m.<\/a> based on early voting results from just a handful of counties — not including Bernalillo County.<\/p>\n

Just after 8 p.m., statewide results<\/a> showed Lujan Grisham getting 71 percent of the vote to 18 percent for Jeff Apodaca and 11 percent for Joseph Cervantes.<\/p>\n

EMILY’S List, a national political advocacy organization for women, congratulated Lujan Grisham and spoke of the coming battle with Pearce.<\/p>\n

“Now, she must fight to defeat an out-of-touch conservative to end eight years of harmful Republican policies in New Mexico,” the group’s president, Stephanie Schriock, said in a news release.<\/p>\n

The Republican Governor’s Association was quick to congratulate Pearce on advancing to the general election. He didn’t face a primary opponent.<\/p>\n

“Steve will unite all New Mexicans behind a common vision of economic prosperity and quality education so every New Mexican can achieve their dreams,” said RGA Chairman Bill Haslam, the governor of Tennessee.<\/p>\n

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Courtesy photo<\/p>

Steve Pearce<\/p><\/div>\n

Democrats in New Mexico, who enjoy a wide advantage in voter registration, have seen the state elect Republican governors in four of the last six gubernatorial contests — and they fear Pearce may have a shot at winning in November. The Democratic Governor’s Association was quick to hammer Pearce as “too extreme for New Mexico.”<\/p>\n

“New Mexico Republicans just nominated a Donald Trump clone for governor,” said the group’s executive director, Elisabeth Pearson.<\/p>\n

There’s not been much publicly released polling, yet, of the Lujan Grisham\/Pearce contest. Pearce’s campaign released a poll in April showing him trailing Lujan Grisham by two points<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In response to an NMPolitics.net request for analysis of Lujan Grisham’s victory on Facebook<\/a>, several spoke glowingly about the Democratic nominee for governor.<\/p>\n

“I voted for a strong progressive woman who is in line with my views,” Kimberly Fries Walker wrote. “Steve Pearce is so far from what I believe he isn’t even a consideration for me.”<\/p>\n

“She’s the real deal,” Bruce Malott wrote.<\/p>\n

K.C. Counts predicted the race to replace current Gov. Susana Martinez, a Republican, will be one to watch.<\/p>\n

“I think she and Steve both have a big negative after the last administration,” Counts wrote. “He’s a Republican and she’s a woman. It will no doubt be an interesting, brutal race!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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