NM: Sen. Pete Domenici (R) to Retire Next Year

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Contrary to public perception, she was not a weak candidate.

This is true. She was a very weak candidate.

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Contrary to public perception, she was not a weak candidate.

This is true. She was a very weak candidate.

If she's very weak, than Richard Romero, John Kelly, and that Maloof guy must have had negative infinity abilities as candidates.

You should not that I didn't say anything about previous candidates.

You should also note that Madrid was running in an election which saw a huge swing to the party she's a member of, in a seat that would have been a Democratic target had the election not been one dominated by a large swing to the Democrats.

You should also note that the demographics of this district are quite unlike the sort of district most likely to have a low swing in 2006.

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At the state level, at least, the Democrats are overwhelmingly dominant.

Which is actually one of Democrats biggest problems when it comes to winning NM-1.

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The dangers for the NM Dems in NM-01 has never been the quality of the bench, but rather that the biggest machine-hack Dem politician (insert name) always seems to be the candidate to get out of the highly contested primary for that seat.  That turns off the Albuquerque Democrats who lean somewhat Independent anyway, especially when faced with a center-right Republican.  If WMS hadn't been driven out of here, he'd tell y'all this.

^^^

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