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League of Conservation Voters Highlights Wilson’s Record of Fighting for New Mexico Jobs

League of Conservation Voters Highlights Wilson’s Record of Fighting for New Mexico Jobs

Wilson for Senate Campaign: Hey, Thanks!

ALBUQUERQUE — The League of Conservation Voters recognized Republican U.S. Senate candidate Heather Wilson today for opposing the group’s extreme East Coast environmentalist agenda and standing up for New Mexico’s oil and gas industry, which employs more than 20,000 workers in the state.

“We want to thank the League of Conservation Voters, a fringe environmental group that has funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars into the campaign coffers of liberal Congressman Martin Heinrich, for highlighting Heather Wilson’s record of fighting for jobs here in New Mexico,” Wilson for Senate spokesman Christopher Sanchez said. “Unlike Congressman Heinrich, who voted for job-killing Cap and Trade legislation and the EPA’s over-regulation of energy producers, Heather supports increasing domestic energy exploration, and the Keystone Pipeline, to create jobs here at home and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.”

In April, the fringe organization announced that it had raised more than $100,000 for liberal Congressman Heinrich in return for his support of its extremist agenda. Congressman Heinrich opposes the building of the Keystone Pipeline, and voted for Cap and Trade and the EPA’s over-regulation of energy producers, which would cripple New Mexico’s oil and gas industry.

According to the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, the oil and gas industry is one of the state’s largest civilian employers — with more than 20,000 jobs and an estimated annual contribution of $1.2 billion to the state’s economy.

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Las Cruces Sun-News chooses Heather Wilson

Our View: U.S. Senate
Las Cruces Sun-News (editorial)
May 13, 2012

U.S. Senate (GOP)

Our choice: Wilson

In the Republican primary race for U.S. Senate, the Sun-News endorses Heather Wilson.

Wilson, a former six-term member of New Mexico’s First District, is making her second run for the U.S. Senate. She was defeated by Steve Pearce in the 2008 primary. (Pearce went on to lose to Udall in the general election.)

Challenger Greg Sowards, who owns a Las Cruces-based child care business, is running for national office for the third time. He lost in the GOP primary seeking Joe Skeen’s seat in 1996 and to Ed Tinsley in the GOP primary for the same seat in 2008. He said this will be his last run.

Sowards has described Wilson as a “big spending, socially liberal, career politician,” and has suggested that any compromise Wilson agreed to over the years is betrayal. We disagree.

Wilson, a one-time protégé of Domenici, has been a budget hawk throughout her career. A graduate of both Oxford University in England, where she earned master’s and doctoral degrees in international relations, and of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Wilson has routinely advocated for cuts in taxes and spending while maintaining a strong military.

Voters will have clear and stark distinctions in November, whether Wilson runs against Heinrich or Balderas.

Along with serving in Congress, Wilson also served as secretary of the state’s Children, Youth and Families Department and in international positions for the White House and NATO. Her vast breadth of experience, from local child welfare issues to international arms control, make her well prepared to serve as a U.S. senator.

 
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Albuquerque Journal Picks Heather Wilson

Editorial: Journal Primary Picks For U.S. Senate, House
Albuquerque Journal (editorial)
May 13, 2012

Wilson for Senate — Republican

With Sen. Jeff Bingaman’s upcoming retirement, New Mexico will have gone from having two senior members of the U.S. Senate to having none in a short time span. Democratic Sen. Tom Udall is midway through his first term after serving two decades in the House.

Heather Wilson brings similar experience into her bid for the Republican nomination to seek Bingaman’s seat in the November election. She previously spent 10 years as a strong representative for New Mexico in the House.

A graduate of the Air Force Academy and former National Security Council staffer, Wilson is aptly suited to reclaim her role as a player on defense and national security — two areas of great importance to a state that plays host to military bases and national laboratories, and shares a border with Mexico.

But Wilson says her biggest concern and top priority will be getting the nation’s financial house in order. She says spending is lavish and government has grown at a record clip under the current administration. She contends a harsh regulatory environment and overly complex tax code make it hard for investors to invest and bankers to lend, so economic growth and job creation remain unnecessarily stymied.

Wilson’s reputation as a thoughtful representative, not a lock-step partisan, has not always helped her politically. But the nation is in need of people who can reach across the aisle and actually work.

The Journal recommends that Republican voters choose Heather Wilson in the June 5 primary.

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Where’s Martin? Congressman Heinrich Skips Critical Vote to Save Jobs at N.M.’s Labs, Bases

Where’s Martin? Congressman Heinrich Skips Critical Vote to Save Jobs at N.M.’s Labs, Bases

New Mexico deserves a fighter

ALBUQUERQUE — Liberal Congressman Martin Heinrich skipped a critical vote Thursday that would override deep cuts to the Pentagon’s budget and save jobs at New Mexico’s bases and labs, some of which have already been put on the chopping block. The Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act would reduce the federal deficit without cutting the defense budget and instead reduce funding to wasteful programs such as Obamacare.

“With New Mexico’s three Air Force bases, most of an Army base, a missile range and two national labs, no other state has more at stake. Yet, Congressman Heinrich didn’t even show up to vote. Where was he?” Wilson for Senate spokesman Christopher Sanchez said. “Apparently, saving jobs in New Mexico isn’t a priority for Congressman Heinrich. We need a leader who understands New Mexico’s unique contribution to our nation’s defense — someone who will fight for our labs and bases.”

Washington’s defense cuts have already had an effect on New Mexico. In February, Los Alamos National Lab’s announced that it would need to lay off 11 percent of its workforce — or roughly 400-800 workers.

Congressman Heinrich has a history of missing votes to save New Mexico’s labs. In February, he skipped a critical Subcommittee on Strategic Forces hearing in the House Armed Services Committee that focused on how bureaucracy is strangling our national labs.

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Congressman Martin Heinrich Runs from his Record …. In his OWN AD

Congressman Martin Heinrich Runs from his Record …. In his OWN AD

Heinrich says problems not solved by ‘Washington,’ yet votes every day to make Washington more powerful

ALBUQUERQUE — It’s no surprise that liberal Democratic Congressman Martin Heinrich is now trying to run away from his record of big spending and expanding the role of Washington. The only surprise is he is now doing it in his own advertisement. In his new spot, the Congressman says that problems aren’t solved by “powers that be in Washington, but by the hard-working people of New Mexico.”

“We couldn’t agree more, but the only problem is Congressman Heinrich’s entire record has been dedicated to expanding the power and reach of Washington,” Wilson spokesman Christopher Sanchez said. “During his three years in Congress, Martin Heinrich has voted for so much new spending and so many new big government programs that we are now $5 trillion deeper in debt than we were before he showed up to Washington. That’s the largest and fastest increase in debt in American history.”

Here are just a few examples of policies that Heinrich supports that have made government bigger and are taking decision-making away from New Mexicans:

· Congressman Heinrich opposes Keystone Pipeline, which would create jobs here at home and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

· Congressman Heinrich voted for Obamacare, a $2.6 trillion health care law that strangles small businesses and kills jobs.

· Congressman Heinrich voted for the EPA to regulate dust on rural roads and supported cap and trade.

“It’s hard to make a case that our problems aren’t solved by Washington when you’ve spent every day making Washington more powerful. Martin can’t have it both ways,” Sanchez said.

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