Starting April, 2008, Madison Project will be regularly posting blogs on the races where its candidates are involved. The Project will do its best to post up-to-date poll numbers for the races, breaking news, insights, and press releases so that Madison members can track how the endorsed candidates are doing in their respective races.
Archive for June, 2008
06 18th, 2008
Over the last few days Fred has hit Zack Space over his votes against expanding drilling and ending our reliance on foreign oil and gas. The American people get this issue.
I find it odd that the Democrats are leaving themselves so exposed politically on this one. Space, Pelosi, Hoyer, et al came into DC in January of 2007 promising something “comprehensive” in regards to rising gas prices. Last time I checked, the price per tank has gone up almost $2 per gallon over the last year and a half.
06 16th, 2008
The Next Right posted this entry on how the Denver Post had a hit piece on Schaffer. The good news is that Colorado blogger Rossputin wasn’t going to take it lying down. He’s decided to do an eight part series on the truth of the matter. We’ll keep linking to Rossputin’s blog as he reports.
06 4th, 2008
The results off the New Mexico Secretary of State’s site show Pearce with 51.3% and Wilson at 48.7%. Looks like Pearce has it. However, it will be a very tough general election against the Democrat, Tom Udall. The last Rasmussen poll shows Udall up 53% to 37% over Pearce.
06 2nd, 2008
That’s a shame, but I’m pretty sure Pearce wins tomorrow in the primary.
Domenici endorses Wilson over Pearce for Senate
With just four days left until the Republican primary in New Mexico, Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) endorsed Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) as his favored successor, giving the five-term congresswoman a critical boost as she faces an uphill primary battle against her Congressional colleague Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.).
Domenici had stayed out of the primary up until Friday night, despite the fact that Wilson has been his political protégé — and that he more closely identified with her more-moderate brand of Republicanism than Pearce’s sharper conservative philosophy.
Domenici cited the anti-tax Club for Growth’s ad campaign attacking Wilson as the impetus for making the public endorsement, saying that “such outside influences should not be used to try to influence the voters of New Mexico.”
“Heather Wilson is the brightest member of Congress I know, and I hope she wins,” Domenici said in a statement. “I do want to tell all New Mexicans that today I cast my vote for Heather Wilson in the Senate race. Having brought her into politics, I have the utmost confidence in her abilities to serve New Mexicans and Americans.”
Pearce’s campaign issued a terse statement, saying they look forward to working with Domenici in the future.
“I respect Sen. Domenici and look forward to working with him in the future. Our campaign is in good shape and we are confident of victory on Tuesday,” Pearce said in a statement.
Public automated polling has shown Pearce with a single-digit lead against Wilson — and Wilson’s aggressive campaign tactics (accusing Pearce of voting to cut Social Security in her latest ad) seem to confirm that she is running from behind. She is expected to do well in her home base of Albuquerque, but needs significant turnout there to offset Pearce’s strength throughout much of Southern New Mexico.
The winner of the Republican primary will face Rep. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) in the general election. Udall is running unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
