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Article: In New Mexico, one of the nation's hottest races; The candidates are debating the Iraq war, corruption in Congress, and a state scandal - but not immigration.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 4, 2006
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Byline: Jeff Kass Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The fault line in one of the country's tightest congressional races runs between Iraq, New Mexico, and who gets to march first in the state fair parade.
Republican incumbent Heather Wilson, seeking her fifth full term, faces the state's Democratic attorney general, Patricia Madrid, in a race that polls have shown as very close.
The race is a microcosm of dueling strategies other Democrats and Republicans are using in their campaigns this fall. Ms. Madrid is trying to tie Ms. Wilson to an unpopular president, a troublesome war in Iraq, and a culture of corruption ...