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Tom Udall says that a recent campaign of attack ads by his opponent for the seat being vacated by U.S. Senator Pete Domenici reflects desperation. Republican Steve Pearce, New Mexico’s second district congressman, has television commercials on the air and took out a full page ad in the Albuquerque Journal with a picture of 60s-era protesting hippies that accuses Udall of being aligned with “hysterical left wing allies.”

Steve Pearce fights *Hoax* Drill billRepresentative Pearce who is running for the Senate points out that Democrat energy bill would actually erect more barriers to drilling and illustrates the liberal environmental activists who are funding Democrats in efforts to stop drilling and domestic energy production.Help Steve defeat liberal Tom Udall http://www.peopleforpearce.com/

New Mexico's two U.S. Senate contenders appear headed for a showdown on national TV. -SNIP- MARTY ON BARACK: The New Mexico Republican Party on Friday fired off a news release highlighting comments that Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez, a Democrat, made to the National Journal about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. “The real question in my mind is whether Senator Obama is going to be able to capture Hispanics by a significant margin,” the magazine quoted Chavez as saying. “That's a big 'if,' because he's clearly an urbanite.” Chavez in a Friday interview with this newspaper said his point is that...

NBC has picked the Udall-Pearce contest as one of several key Senate campaigns they will feature in debates this summer and fall. Pearce will be walking tall this weekend with a new Zogby poll showing the race much tighter than previous polling. Udall leads Pearce by eight points, 49-41 per cent. That is compared to last week's Rasmussen poll, where Udall had a 25-point lead. Pearce believes he is on the way to closing Udall's advantage. “The voters are hearing my message of drill for American oil, build nuclear. It also shows that Tom's support is collapsing - people are...

Washington D.C. - Today, Congressman Pearce responded to Tom Udall's reversal of his position opposing gun rights for individuals in the District of Columbia: "It is breathtaking in its scope and intellectual dishonesty. Tom Udall has consistently opposed the rights of individuals to own guns and it is an outrage and an insult to the people of New Mexico for him to say otherwise. "It is one thing to be wrong. It is another to be untruthful. The election is clearly having an impact and this flip flop is amazing." Udall has voted against overturning DC gun laws and twice...

Steve Pearce won the Republican nomination in the race for U.S. Senate over rival Heather Wilson and will now turn to the challenge of keeping Sen. Pete Domenici's seat in Republican hands. The southern New Mexico representative won Tuesday's primary with roughly 51 percent of the vote, compared to Wilson's 49 percent with 99 percent of precincts reporting statewide, according to unofficial results. Pearce, who ran as a right-wing conservative, will face Democrat Tom Udall, who ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, on Nov. 4. Wilson endorsed Pearce this morning, saying that Republicans have "no time for disappointment or for...

A coalition of environmental groups is targeting the U.S. Senate race in New Mexico to help swing that seat into the Democratic column. The coalition plans to help Democrat Tom Udall in the race against the winner of the Republican primary, either Steve Pearce or Heather Wilson. The coalition says voters already are talking about what they pay at the pump while oil companies rake in record profits. Elise Annunziata of Clean Water says the issues of energy policy and gas prices cut across party lines. She says voters can draw their own conclusions from the candidates' records. The coalition...

Republican Congressman Steve Pearce will run against Congresswoman Heather Wilson for the Republican nomination to succeed Senator Pete Domenici, according to an online report published Tuesday. ABQJounal.com cites a “person familiar with Pearce’s plans” in reporting that the southeastern New Mexico Congressman will notify friends and supporters by email of his intention to run. The Associated Press reports that "a source close to Pearce" confirms he will run, but only on the condition of anonymity. Pearce, who represents the southern part of New Mexico, is generally considered to be more conservative than Wilson, whose congressional district is in the central...

Tucson Region AdWatch: The Star's ongoing evaluation of the record versus the rhetoric in campaign ads Giffords' TV ad addresses America's safety By Josh Brodesky arizona daily star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 10.01.2006 advertisement Today: We look at an ad for Democrat Gabrielle Giffords. The Race: Congress, District 8. Medium: A 30-second television ad. The Message: The ad begins with an image of cargo containers as a narrator says, "our ports uninspected." The message is re-emphasized by a graphic stating "one in 20 ports inspected." It then cuts to an image of a dirt road slicing across the desert as...

Tucson Region Political Notebook Despite Giffords' gripe, ad still on air By Daniel Scarpinato arizona daily star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 10.01.2006 Democrat Gabrielle Giffords wants a new television ad criticizing her taken off the air, but Cox Media has no plans to pull it. In a letter sent Wednesday from Giffords' attorney to Cox Media, the campaign urges the company to take an ad paid for by the Minuteman Political Action Committee off the air since the Minutemen haven't been able to clearly back up claims they make about Congressional District 8 candidate Giffords in the ad. In the...

Trip Comes Amid New Reports Linking Rove to Indicted Former Republican Lobbyist Jack Abramoff9/29/2006 6:14:00 PM To: State Desk Contact: Luis Miranda of the Democratic National Committee, 202-863-8148 WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following release was issued today by the Democratic National Committee: Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the Arizona Republican Party has gone to desperate measures today by bringing GOP fear and smear king Karl Rove to Tucson and Scottsdale to raise campaign cash. But, Rove is lucky to be getting out of Washington and avoiding questions raised in a new a bipartisan Congressional report,...

(Albuquerque-AP) -- A new poll shows Democrat Bill Richardson has a double-digit lead over Republican John Sanchez in the governor's race. The poll conducted for the Albuquerque Journal shows Richardson was backed by 50 percent of the registered voters. Thirty-six percent backed Sanchez. Green Party candidate David Bacon had three percent. Richardson received strong support from Democratic voters and those in the Albuquerque area. The poll was conducted by Research and Polling Incorporated of Albuquerque. With the general election seven weeks away, eleven percent of the voters said they were undecided about the governor contest. Meanwhile, Research and Polling Incorporated...

State Rep. Russell Pearce -- a business ally on taxes but adversary on immigration issues -- is considering a run for either governor or Congress next year. Pearce, a conservative Republican from Mesa, is looking at either challenging Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano or East Valley Congressman Jeff Flake next year. The conservative Pearce said he is "contemplating" a run against Flake in next year's GOP primary and is being encouraged by other supporters to take on Napolitano. Pearce is a top advocate of tougher border and immigration controls, including denying state welfare benefits and other services to illegal immigrants and...

Wow, what a day. As you know we were locked out of yesterday's law enforcement summit in Flagstaff the governor called and then missed because she was in Russia watching the ballet. 22 legislators did go (17 patriotic Republicans, including many East Valley legislators and the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate) and we were turned away. In talking with of the officers, they felt they made very little progress and most did not want to do much on this issue. Very disappointing. After this governor vetoed "every" single bill that would have had a major impact...

Congressman Pearce says more agents needed along border ARTESIA, N.M. Representative Steve Pearce says security along the U-S-Mexico border in New Mexico is inadequate. Pearce met with local officials at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia yesterday. The Republican congressman says there have been breakdowns in sharing information on drugs and human trafficking across the border. Pearce -- a member of the Homeland Security Committee -- says he's working to increase the number of border agents. He also wants to develop technology that would replace humans with computers that can sense movement along the border and contact authorities....

Pearce Votes in Favor of Real ID Act Washington, Feb 10 - Saying the bill will help keep Americans safe against terrorism, New Mexico Congressman Steve Pearce Thursday voted in favor of H.R. 418, the REAL ID Act of 2005. The House approved the act on a bipartisan 261-161 vote. It establishes stringent requirements for obtaining driver’s licenses and prevents terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States. The act also expands the definition of a "terrorist organization" and consolidates terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal from America. “This act strengthens our current laws.” said Pearce. “It seeks...

I am so grateful to be an American. I am proud of our heritage and those who have and continue to sacrifice for our freedoms. What an opportunity we have this year. We have strengthened our numbers of elected officials that believe in the principles of freedom, limited government, both on a federal level and a local level. Let's get involved and push for some meaningful legislation and reforms. We must stay engaged and push for passage of good legislation and stopping bad legislation. At the state level, I hope we can put out a balanced budget, enforce Prop. 200,...

Two Maricopa County sheriff's deputies were shot Thursday during the serving of a search warrant in east Mesa. A suspect was shot by a third deputy. Deputy Sean Pearce, who is the son of Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, was shot in the abdomen. He was flown to Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, where he underwent surgery to remove part of his large intestine. Deputy Lew Argetsinger was shot in the hand and taken by ambulance to the medical center. Both were stable. The suspect, Jorge Luis Guerra Vargas, 22, was flown to Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix with...

<p>Your governor, Ed Rendell, came out swinging against my Arizona state Rep. Russell Pearce recently with regard to all-day kindergarten.</p> <p>Gov. Rendell stated, "If Mr. Pearce doesn't get the link between full-day kindergarten and economic competitiveness, I suggest we spend a few of Arizona tax dollars and send him to Japan, Korea, Germany or France, where they do understand the benefits of early childhood education."</p>

<p>Political Insider is a tongue-in-cheek look at the past week in Arizona politics.</p> <p>Some Democratic governors invaded Phoenix last weekend to chat about Medicaid reform, homeland security and budget woes.</p> <p>Snoresville, right?</p> <p>Not quite, thanks to Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell who puts the B in blunt. Rendell blasted state Rep. Russell Pearce after reading his quote in a story about Gov. Janet Napolitano's push for all-day kindergarten. Pearce said that "I spell early child development m-o-m, mom."</p>