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>> WE HAVE MORE RACES TO GET TO THAN WE HAVE TIME TO GET
TO. DAN FOLEY, LAURA SANCHEZ, TOM
GARRITY, SOPHIE MARTIN. LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.
OVER IN SAN JUAN COUNTY NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS, SOPHIE,
COULD RAY BEGAYE BE AT RISK OF LOSING HIS SEAT TO SHARON
CLAHCHISCHILLIAGE? BECAUSE THERE IS NASTY STUFF
GOING ON. >> YOU KNOW, THIS RACE, WITH A
NUMBER OF NASTY RACES GOING ON AROUND THE STATE, THIS ONE
DOES SEEM RATHER UNCOMFORTABLE TO LOOK AT.
WE HAVE ALLEGATIONS THAT RAY BEGAYE DOUBLE DIPPED, DOUBLE
BILLED TAXPAYERS FOR EXPENSES AND WE ALSO HAVE THIS
INTERESTING MAILER OUT FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SAYING
THAT HIS OPPONENT BELIEVES THAT BEING NAVAJO IS NOT
ENOUGH. I AM NOT QUOTING THAT
CORRECTLY, BUT A HARD HITTING, I THINK, KIND OF NASTY.
>> WHAT IS ALSO INTERESTING, HE IS ALSO ASKING OR ALLEGED
TO HAVE ASKED A JUDGE FOR A BREAK FOR SOMETHING HIS
DAUGHTER HAD TROUBLE WITH; A SPEEDING TICKET, I BELIEVE, OR
SOME TRAFFIC VIOLATION. >> I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE OF
THINGS. THEN THERE WAS CHILDREN
INVOLVED AND STUFF LIKE THAT. HE WAS ADVOCATING AS A FATHER.
I THINK THIS RACE IS TOUGH BUT FOR THE REPUBLICANS' SAKE FOR
THE FIRST TIME, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE NAVAJO RUNNING AGAINST
A NAVAJO. NORMALLY, YOU WIND UP PUTTING
SOME ANGLO UP AGAINST THEM AND YOU WIND UP, DON'T HAVE
SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS LANGUAGE. I THINK SHARON
CLAHCHISCILLIAGE HAS WORKED IN WASHINGTON, SHE RAN FOR
SECRETARY OF STATE, HAS A GREAT PEDIGREE, AND IS A GREAT
CANDIDATE FOR THE REPUBLICAN SIDE TO BE REACHING OUT ON
NAVAJO LAND, SO I THINK IF IT WAS ANYBODY BUT HER, IT
WOULDN'T BE PROBLEM FOR RAY BEGAYE.
>> MOVING DOWN THE STATE, COULD LOS ALAMOS DISTRICT GO
DEMOCRAT? STEPHANIE GARCIA RICHARD IS
RAISING SERIOUS MONEY THERE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
DISTRICT 43. IS THIS A REDISTRICTING THING
SOLELY OR SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON?
>> IT IS A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
YOU KNOW, REMEMBER SHE RAN AND ALMOST WON A FEW ELECTIONS
AGO. SHE LOST TO JEANNETTE WALLACE
BY A FEW VOTES AND PROBABLY ONE OF JEANETTE WALLACE'S
MOST ARDENT OPPONENTS, BUT HALL HAS THE JOY OF
INCUMBENCY. YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON
UP THERE. THEY SEEM TO BE -- OVER THE
YEARS, LOS ALAMOS SEEMS TO BE THE BATTLE IS WHEN THE SEAT IS
OPEN. ONCE THEY GET SOMEONE, THEY
STICK WITH THEM. THEY ARE NOT A BIG PLACE FOR
TURNING OVER IN LEGISLATIVE RACES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN RUNS AT JEANNETTE WALLACE.
THERE WERE RUNS TAKEN AT LEGISLATORS ON THE D SIDE.
EVEN WHEN THE SEATS GOT STRONGER, YOU JUST CAN'T WIN
SO IT IS GOING TO BE A HARDY RACE FOR HALL BUT I BET HALL
PULLS IT OUT. >> LAURA; JUST CAN'T WIN OR
DOES HALL HAVE A SECRET WEAPON HERE POSSIBLY, JUST GIVEN WHAT
DAN SAID, JUST SOME CHANGE IN THE AIR THAT FOLKS ARE LOOKING
FOR? >> YOU MEAN STEPHANIE RICHARD?
>> YEAH. >> ABSOLUTELY, I THINK SHE RAN
A REALLY TOUGH RACE, CAME WITHIN JUST A FEW VOTES OF
JEANNETTE WALLACE WHO HAD BEEN IN, WAS THE INCUMBENT, UNLIKE
HALL WHO HAS ONLY BEEN IN FOR A YEAR-AND-A-HALF AT THIS
POINT AND STEPHANIE RICHARD HAS REALLY BEEN AMASSING HER
SUPPORT FOR A WHILE NOW SINCE THE LAST ELECTION.
SO I THINK SHE HAS A GOOD CHANCE.
SHE'S DONE A LOT OF FUNDRAISING, REACHED OUT TO
ALL PARTS OF THE STATE; HAS A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM WOMEN'S
GROUPS, SO I THINK SHE'LL DO WELL.
IT IS A GETTABLE WIN. >> GETTABLE; WINNABLE?
>> ABSOLUTELY. SHE HAS BEEN IN THE WINGS.
NOW IS HER TIME. IT IS HER TIME TO SHINE.
I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE HER WIN AT ALL.
>> GOING TO SKIP DOWN SOUTH. ANDY NUNEZ, THE LONE
INDEPENDENT IN THE LEGISLATURE IS FIGHTING PHIL ARCHULETA AND
MIKE TELLEZ. TOM, WHY IS NUNEZ HAVING TO
FIGHT SO HARD AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DISTRICT 36 IN
MESILLA VALLEY. WHY IS IT SUCH A HARD FIGHT
FOR HIM RIGHT NOW? >> IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT
FIGHT MAINLY BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR, WHO HE SUPPORTED ON
THE VERY DIFFICULT IMMIGRATION ISSUE, NOW TURNED AGAINST HIM
BY BASICALLY TURNING ALL OF HER PITBULLS AFTER HIM.
AND SO HE HAS A DIFFICULT TIME AHEAD OF HIM, BUT THE ONE
THING HE HAS IN HIS FAVOR IS A BASE.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRACKING A LOT OF DIFFERENT
RACES ON FACEBOOK TO SEE HOW FOLKS ARE UTILIZING SOCIAL
MEDIA, AND WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT ANDY NUNEZ HAS ZERO
LIKES ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE, BUT STILL DOING BETTER THAN
HIS OTHER OPPONENTS WHO HAVE NO FACEBOOK PRESENCE AT ALL.
IT SHOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THAT COMES INTO PLAY.
>> KIND OF FASCINATING. >> ISN'T IT TOUGH, HE WILL WIN
BECAUSE OF HIS BASE AND BECAUSE I THINK THAT PEOPLE
MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT TIRED OF THE GOVERNOR TRYING TO FLEX
HER MUSCLES. >> SOPHIE, TOUCH ON THAT, NOT
THE FACEBOOK "LIKE" STUFF. >> RIGHT.
>> THE RACE ITSELF. >> I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT IS
SORT OF AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC WHENEVER AN INDEPENDENT SORT
OF FORMS HIMSELF OR HERSELF INTO BEING A MAJOR PARTY AND
GOING OUT THERE. THERE HAS TO BE SOME ANGST
AROUND THAT, SOME CONCERN. ANDY HAS SUCH HIGH NAME
RECOGNITION AND IS SO WELL-KNOWN IN HIS DISTRICT.
IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE IT IS NOT SUCH A BIG DEAL FOR HIM
WHEREAS IT MIGHT BE IN OTHER SITUATIONS.
>> CLOSER TO HOME, SOUTH OF ALBUQUERQUE; DISTRICT 7 AND 8.
SEVEN IS OPEN AS DAVID CHAVEZ RUNS FOR SENATE.
FAJARDO GOING AT IT THERE AND THEN REPUBLICAN ALONSO
BALDONADO FACES A CHALLENGE FROM FRANK OTERO.
LAURA, JUST LIKE THE PIECES OF LIKE A CHESS BOARD.
>> IT REALLY IS. >> PARSE THIS ONE OUT.
>> I NEED A FLOW CHART TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
>> VALENCIA COUNTY, IN GENERAL, IS A VERY INTERESTING
BELL WEATHER FOR THE STATE. IT HAS BEEN CHANGING OVER
TIME. I THINK IN THE LAST ELECTION,
IN 2008, IT ACTUALLY LEANED MORE REPUBLICAN THAN IT HAD IN
THE PAST. AND SO, THEN WE SAW THE SHIFT
IN TWO SEATS HELD BY DEMOCRATS BEING HELD BY REPUBLICANS.
SO I THINK THIS IS ONE THAT IS REALLY CLOSE.
I DO THINK WITH, IN PARTICULAR, WITH SEAT 7, WHICH
IS DAVID CHAVEZ' OLD SEAT, ANDREW BARRERAS USED TO HOLD
THAT SEAT AND THEN DAVID CHAVEZ WON, SO A REPUBLICAN
SEAT CURRENTLY, BUT THEN BARRERAS IS RUNNING AGAINST
KELLY FAJARDO COULD BE REALLY INTERESTING.
THERE IS A LOT OF OUTSIDE MONEY, NOT NECESSARILY IN THIS
RACE, BUT A LOT OF OUTSIDE MONEY TARGETING THIS AREA ON
BOTH SIDES, DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN.
THAT WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON THESE RACES.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING, THIS AREA, BECAUSE, DAN, IT
SEEMS LIKE THIS AREA, THERE IS SO MUCH DUST IN THE AIR RIGHT
NOW, WHETHER HOUSE OR SENATE SIDE, JUST, I MEAN, HOW IS
THAT IMPACTFUL FOR HOUSE RACES, GIVEN ALL THAT IS GOING
ON? >> VERY IMPACTFUL.
ONE OF THE THINGS, SENATORS GENERALLY RAISE MORE MONEY
THAN THE HOUSE CANDIDATES. SO IF YOUR SENATOR IS IN A BIG
BATTLE, THEY SUCK MORE OF THAT MONEY OUT THAT YOU CAN'T GO
GET. I THINK IT RAISES REAL
CONCERNS. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS REALLY
STRONG IN THESE RACES. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SO-CALLED
PITBULL WHICH I WOULD SAY IS A PRETTY GOOD STRATEGIST, KNOWS
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AREA OF THE STATE AND KNOWS THE
IMPORTANCE OF BEING ABLE TO PULL A WIN OUT OF THERE.
I WOULD SAY I THINK FAJARDO IS BY FAR ONE OF THE MOST
ARTICULATE CANDIDATES WE HAVE RUNNING AS A NEWCOMER.
>> ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE? >> ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE AND
SHE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF ARTICULATING HER MESSAGE.
BALDONADO IS MAYBE ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKERS OUT THERE.
I WAS JUST DOWN IN BELEN YESTERDAY FOR WORK AND THAT
GUY HAS SIGNS EVERYWHERE. HE HAS SIGNS ON BIG GIANT
BILLBOARDS. HE HAS SIGNS HANGING FROM
BRIDGES AND WALLS AND SIGNS EVERYWHERE, SO --
>> IS THAT THE LEGACY OF ALL THE MONEY THAT IS AT PLAY?
>> I AM NOT SURE, DOWN IN THOSE PLACE, IT IS INTERESTING
TO SEE BECAUSE I THINK IT IS KIND OF LIKE ROSWELL.
MONEY IS A BIG DEAL, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IT IS ABOUT
KNOCKING DOORS. IN THESE COMMUNITIES ITS ABOUT
KNOCKING DOORS. I THINK THAT BARRERAS HAS THE
PROBLEM NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU SERVE, ONE TERM OR TWO OR 20,
YOU GET PEOPLE MAD AT YOU. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS STUFF
OUT THERE ABOUT THE SWEETHEART DEAL WITH HIS RENT, THERE IS
OTHER PEOPLE SAYING BOY, I WISH I HAD THAT DEAL.
SO, HE HAS GOT TO MAKE A COME BACK, WAS ONE OF THE NICEST
GUYS IN LEGISLATURE. NEVER SAID MUCH.
VERY STRONG CATHOLIC. BARRERAS IS.
GOOD FAMILY MAN. BUT IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE.
IT IS A GOOD BATTLE BETWEEN HIM AND FAJARDO, BUT I THINK
FAJARDO CAN PULL IT OUT. BALDONADO IS GOING TO WIN BIG.
>> INTERESTING. LET'S GET INTO THE METRO AREA.
HOUSE 15, THE DISTRICT THAT SCARED BILL O'NEILL SO BAD HE
RAN FOR THE SENATE. BILL, JUST KIDDING, BUT THIS
IS MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE. DEMOCRAT EMILY KANE AND CHRIS
SAUCEDO. SOPHIE, AGAIN OPEN SEATS
ALWAYS ENGENDER INTERESTING CANDIDATES AND RACES, JUST
SOMETHING EXTRA GOING ON THERE.
>> EMILY KANE HAS A REALLY INTERESTING BIO.
SHE WAS AN ALBUQUERQUE FIRE CAPTAIN, I MEAN, REALLY LIKE
KIND OF A FASCINATING STORY THERE.
AND SHE WON A HARD FOUGHT DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
YOU KNOW, O'NEILL HELD THAT SEAT BEFORE AND IT IS
INTERESTING TO SEE WHETHER IT SHIFTS.
I ACTUALLY DON'T ANTICIPATE A BIG SHIFT.
>> I THINK, I MEAN, THIS IS AN INTERESTING SEAT BECAUSE WHEN
O'NEILL -- >> WHEN O'NEILL HELD IT, IT
HAD A LOT OF THE HEIGHTS AND SHIFTED QUITE A BIT IN THE
NORTH VALLEY, SO NOW IT ACTUALLY HAS DIFFERENT
PRECINCTS THAN BEFORE WHEN O'NEILL HELD IT.
IT IS STILL A DEMOCRAT LEANING DISTRICT, BUT ALWAYS LOOKS
TOUGH FOR DEMOCRATS WHO RUN IN THIS DISTRICT.
AND STILL TOUGH. WHAT IS INTERESTING TO ME IS
THE AMOUNT OF OUTSIDE MONEY IN THIS RACE.
KANE AND BARRERAS THAT WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT, ARE TWO OF THE
ONES BE TARGETED RIGHT NOW FOR TRYING TO BASICALLY CONNECT
THEM TO RICHARDSON AND THE PAST.
SO IT IS INTERESTING THAT THEY PICKED THOSE TWO RACES.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, CHRIS SAUCEDO IS AN ATTORNEY,
HE'S ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. I THINK HE HAS BEEN OUT THERE
POUNDING ON DOORS. >> AND, AS WELL, TOM, HE IS
ALSO SUPPORTED BY THIS GOVERNOR AND THE MACHINATIONS
OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. >> KANE HAS REALLY BEEN HARD.
SHE HAS BEEN WORKING IT AND DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB ABOUT
MAKING INROADS AND STUFF. THIS IS A RACE, ONE OF THOSE
BELL WEATHER TYPE RACES, TO TAKE A LOOK AT TO SEE HOW
EVERYTHING ELSE GOES. SOPHIE MADE AN INTERESTING
POINT ABOUT KANE'S BACKGROUND. HOW IMPACTFUL IS THAT?
IT IS INTERESTING WHEN AN OUTSIDER GETS INTO THE
POLITICAL GAME AND GOES FOR OFFICE, THAT BACKGROUND
BECOMES IMPORTANT. DOES THAT MEAN ANYTHING?
>> IT CAN MEAN SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
HERE IN THE STATE LESS THAN FIVE YEARS WHICH THAT AREA
DEFINITELY REPRESENTS THAT POPULATION.
SHE COULD BENEFIT FROM THAT. >> MARCI BLAZE TAKES ON
REPUBLICAN PAUL PACHECO FOR DAVE DOYLE'S OLD SEAT.
WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS ONE LAST WEEK.
WEIGH IN ON THIS ONE. >> I THINK THIS SEAT, AS WELL
AS ALL THE OTHER SEATS, I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT
THE GROUND GAME. IT IS NOT ABOUT ALL THIS
MONEY. THIS MONEY GETS YOU NAME
RECOGNITION, GETS YOU TO WHEN YOU KNOCK ON THE DOOR, SOMEONE
SAYS, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE. THAT CAN BE GOOD AND BAD, BUT
I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT WHO IS FOLLOWING UP THIS
MAIL CAMPAIGN AND THESE RADIO AND TV ADS WITH WALKING.
BLAZE HAS A TOUGH PROBLEM TO OVERCOME.
SO DOES PACHECO IN THIS RACE. HE RAN AND LOST TO DAVE DOYLE
BUT HE'S GETTING ALL THAT SUPPORT RIGHT NOW.
THOSE ADS THEY ARE RUNNING AGAINST BLAZE, I KNOW PEOPLE
WHO LIVE IN RIO RANCHO, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE.
PEOPLE ARE ASKING, DID THIS FELLOW BANKRUPT A COMPANY AND
BEEN INDICTED. WHEN YOU START HEARING THAT,
THE PROBLEM FOR A CANDIDATE WHEN YOU'RE KNOCKING DOORS
ISN'T ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR YOU, YOU SPEND ALL
YOUR TIME TRYING TO CONVINCE THEM YOU'RE NOT A BAD GUY OR
GIRL. TRUST ME, I HAVE BEEN THERE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE TIME ON THE DOORSTEP IS NOT ABOUT VOTE
FOR ME, IT IS ABOUT I AM NOT THAT EVIL MONSTER, IT CAN BE A
TOUGH MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB. >> HOUSE DISTRICT 24, CONRAD
JAMES, YOU KNOW, CONVENTIONALLY KNOW AS A SAFE
REPUBLICAN SEAT IN HOUSE DISTRICT 24.
NO LONGER. POLITICAL PERFORMANCE SHOWS A
50/50 SPLIT AND ELIZABETH THOMSON WANTS A SHOT.
INTERESTING SPLIT THERE. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE ENCOURAGED
IF YOU'RE MS. THOMSON. >> ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE INTERESTING PIECES, YOU KNOW,
SHE HAS RECENTLY COME OUT PRETTY STRONGLY WITH
STATEMENTS AGAINST GOVERNOR MARTINEZ.
THOMSON HAS STRONG THINGS TO SAY ABOUT EDUCATION IN THIS
STATE, WHICH I THINK MAY RESONATE WITH SOME VOTERS AND
RUNNING AN INTERESTING RACE. >> INTERESTING.
REAL QUICK. >> UNBELIEVABLY IMPORTANT
RACE. AFRICAN AMERICAN REPUBLICAN
RUNNING. CONRAD JAMES IS MAYBE ONE OF
THE SMARTEST GUYS TO SERVE IN THE LEGISLATURE, UNBELIEVABLE
YEOMAN THIS MAN IS. HE OPENLY SAID, TAKE SEATS OUT
OF MY DISTRICTS TO HELP REPUBLICANS STATE-WIDE.
HE FELL ON HIS SWORD, SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE PARTY IS
RUNNING TO SUPPORT HIM, PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING HIM AND THIS
COULD BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST BLOWS TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
IF WE LOSE SOMEONE LIKE CONRAD JAMES IN THE LEGISLATURE.
>> YOUR TAKE ON THAT ONE. >> I AGREE WITH THE GENTLEMAN
TO MY LEFT, ON THE LEFT, BUT, NO, CONRAD JAMES IS A GREAT
CANDIDATE AND DONE GREAT STUFF.
HOPEFULLY HE'LL GET REELECTED. >> LET'S GO DOWN SOUTH, HOUSE
30, NATE GENTRY. THIS ONE LEANS MOR STRONGLY
REPUBLICAN, BUT IT HAS BEEN A NASTY RACE BETWEEN THAT
INCUMBENT NATE GENTRY AND MARY ELLEN BRODERICK.
SOUTH FROM HERE, NOT SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE.
YOU COULD ALMOST HIT IT WITH A ROCK FROM HERE.
I AM AMAZED THIS RACE IS STILL SO CLOSE, GIVEN NATE GENTRY'S
BACKGROUND, HE'S BEEN IN THE DISTRICT, WORKED FOR DOMENICI.
MARY ELLEN, THIS IS HER FIRST RUN AT OFFICE BUT IT IS FAIRLY
CLOSE. >> IT SEEMS THAT WAY, YEAH.
I THINK THIS IS AN INTERESTING ONE.
UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS GOTTEN NEGATIVE AND NEGATIVE
ATTENTION POSSIBLY BACKLASH AGAINST NATE AS A RESULT OF
SOME OF THAT NEGATIVITY. A MAILER WENT OUT THAT WAS NOT
WELL RECEIVED FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE AND ALSO YOUTUBE VIDEO,
MARY ELLEN HAD DONE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
>> SHE HAS BEEN ACTIVIST AND IN CIRCLES WHERE ACTIVIST IS
NOT A BAD WORD. I THINK SHE IS A DEFINITE
LEADER IN HER OWN WAY. NICK GENTRY IS ALSO A HARD
WORKER, POUNDED THE DOORS. HE REALLY HAS A GOOD GROUND
GAME SO THIS IS ONE THAT WILL BE INTERESTING.
>> THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COULD BE COMING BACK.
HE HAS BEEN TO THE FOREFRONT ON A LOT ISSUES, PRESS
CONFERENCES, RAISING A LOT OF MONEY AND THAT GETS YOU ON THE
RADAR. HE IS AN UP AND COMER AND
SOMEONE THAT DEMOCRATS REALLY ARE TARGETING, I THINK, NOT
ONLY BECAUSE OF THE EFFECTIVENESS IN SANTA FE BUT
HIS EFFECTIVENESS AT RAISING MONEY.
HE HAS BEEN OUT RAISING A TON OF MONEY.
THAT IS SOMEONE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO KEEP AROUND THE
LEGISLATURE. >> IT IS MY DISTRICT AND HOUSE
DISTRICT HAS HAD SO MUCH FLUX. YOU REMEMBER IS WAS JUSTINE
FOX YOUNG AND THE OTHER LADY CAME IN AND --
>> GIANNINI. >> THESE ARE NOT TYPICAL
POLITICIANS. >> A DEMOCRAT CAME IN.
>> IT IS DEFINITELY A SWING AREA AND NATE HAS BEEN WORKING
DOORS. I HAVEN'T SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF
HIS OPPONENT, BUT I THINK REPUBLICANS NEED TO BE VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. >> AT HOME, BEFORE THE TAPING
TODAY, WONDERING, AGAIN, THIS MARY ELLEN RACE, I WONDER IF
THERE IS SOMETHING SHE IS SAYING ONE ON ONE PERSON TO
PERSON THAT IS REGISTERING, MEANING IT IS ORGANICALLY
BEING EFFECTIVE SOMEHOW. YOU LOOK AT THE MONEY
DIFFERENCE, THE REPUTATION DIFFERENCE, SOMETHING IS
KEEPING THIS CLOSE. I AM NOT QUITE SURE WHAT IT
IS. >> SHE HAS A VERY GENUINE
APPROACH. HER STUFF LOOKS LIKE THE
COMMON PERSON. NATE'S IS VERY SLICK, IT LOOKS
REALLY GOOD AND SOMETIMES IT IS A VERY ECONOMICALLY DIVERSE
AREA. SO THAT CAN COME BACK TO
BACKFIRE AGAINST NATE. >> IT HAS CHANGED.
ALSO SINCE THE TIME THAT IT WAS REPRESENTED BY -- WHO WAS
IT? >> JUSTINE FOX YOUNG.
>> WHEN SHE REPRESENTED IT AND EVEN WHEN KAREN GIANNINI
REPRESENTED THE DISTRICT, IT HAS CHANGED.
IT GOES ALL THE WAY SOUTH BASICALLY TO MONTGOMERY,
ACTUALLY DOWN TO MENAUL IN SOME AREAS, CANDELARIA, OSUNA,
ACADEMY IN THE NORTH, AND SAN MATEO TO EUBANK, YOU KNOW.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN SHIFTING.
>> AROUND MENAUL VERSUS WHERE YOU SAID, THAT IS DIFFERENCE
IN ECONOMICS AND EVERYTHING. >> SHE GETS A LOT OF LOVE FROM
THE PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITIES AND BLOGGERS AND SHE IS VERY
WELL-KNOWN IN THOSE GROUPS AND I HAVE SEEN THE PROGRESSIVE
COMMUNITY, PROGRESS NOW, NEW MEXICO, FOR INSTANCE, WHO IS
COMING OUT FOR HER AND CARRYING WATER FOR HER IN THE
COMMUNITY. WHETHER THAT IS ENOUGH IN THE
DISTRICT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. I AM NOT SURPRISED SHE GOT
THIS GROUND SWELL OF SUPPORT. SHE IS VERY GENUINE, SHE IS
LIKABLE AND IS VERY WELL-KNOWN AND LIKED BY PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY. >> YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER SHE
LAID THE GROUNDWORK IN THAT AREA FOR LOTS OF THINGS.
>> ABSOLUTELY SHE HAS. >> WE GET INTO MORE OF
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FIND US AT NEWMEXICOINFOCUS.ORG.
IN A MOMENT, WE'LL TALK TO PEOPLE TALLYING THE VOTES ON
ELECTION NIGHT.