This lawmaker beat Martinez-supporting Super PAC
Eliseo Lee Alcon
Rep. Eliseo Lee Alcon is touting the fact that he is the one candidate targeted by the Super PAC tied to Gov. Susana Martinez who won his Democratic primary on Tuesday.
I reported on Wednesday that Reform New Mexico Now, the Super PAC tied to Republican Gov. Susana Martinez that got involved in Democratic primaries, won seven of eight races in which it played.
The one lawmaker the PAC targeted without success was Rep. Eliseo Lee Alcon, D-Milan, who touted his victory over challenger Bill Moore today in a news release.
“I am so proud we ran such a strong campaign in the face of such dirty politics,” Alcon said. “We overcame negative ads, theft and vandalism, and I never said a disparaging word about my opponent or the governor.”
Alcon won with 55 percent of the vote to Moore’s 45 percent. He said, despite the challenge of combatting negative mailers from the PAC, “I kept a smile on my face and I trusted people would see past the distortions.”
I guess the question is, do the big energy interests own the majority of NM legislature now?
Congratulations to Representative Alcon. One of the really nice things about some of the committees and all of the house floor sessions being web cast is that we can hear, and in some cases watch, the proceedings. Representative Alcon has a very distinctive voice – I hope his constituents have the opportunity to tune in and listen – which would be more user friendly if there was an archive so people who can’t listen at work can do so at night (or not …)
Well, and of course in some places in NM, blood is thicker than water in politics.
Ramirez– I haven’t seen any signs that Governor Martinez knows the meaning of the word “compromise” or “negotiate.”
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You can add personal attacks to your strategy – Alcon resorted to that sort of trash first saying Governor Martinez would kick you in the kidneys before he took the time to try to meet with her.
We need to return to compromise. Alcon doesn’t want to – so the Governor took a shot at removing him. His voters put him back – that’s what they want – that’s what they get.
Congratulations! your fellow Democratic candidates (like me) need to know from you what the attacks were like, what the timeline was. i hope you write a column for nmpolitics.net
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