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House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday at an Albuquerque rally called Republican Rep. Heather Wilson a "handmaiden of the oil companies" who has been raking in campaign money from Big Oil as gas prices soar. Wilson spokesman Enrique Carlos Knell did not directly counter a Madrid/Pelosi assertion that Wilson has taken nearly $400,000 in campaign money from oil and gas interests since she took office in 1998. But Knell said Wilson's gasoline price-gouging bill, which passed the House earlier this year, shows Wilson is not beholden to oil and gas firms. And Knell had other sharp words for Madrid...

Ex-Sandoval clerk writing book on same-sex marriage ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Former Sandoval County Clerk Victoria Dunlap, who fueled the nation's marriage debate by issuing licenses to same-sex couples, is writing a book about her experiences. The Republican clerk issued more than 60 same-sex marriage licenses on Feb. 20, 2004, before Attorney General Patricia Madrid filed a lawsuit that stopped her. The lawsuit was dismissed in January. Dunlap, who lost the June primary for Sandoval County commissioner, has moved to Ohio where she is researching about 20 boxes of notes about her experiences in a basement office. Her term as clerk...

A-G: Gay Couples Who Exchange Vows In N.M. Not Married Clerk Has Issued Marriage Licenses To Gay, Lesbian Couples UPDATED: 5:24 PM MST February 20, 2004 BERNALILLO, N.M. -- Gay and lesbian couples lined up Friday outside a courthouse to tie the knot after a county clerk said she would grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. But, a spokeswoman for state Attorney General Patricia Madrid said that the more than a dozen same-sex couples who went through marriage ceremonies in Bernalillo are not married. Two state senators -- Democrat Tim Jennings, of Roswell, and Republican Steve Komadina, of Corrales...