WASHINGTON — From a sprawling district on the U.S.-Mexican border to the northernmost reaches of Idaho, a handful of Hispanic candidates in competitive races are bucking political conventional wisdom. They're running as Republicans.
Barela: "The level of dysfunction in Washington is staggering..."
ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Reacting to the news that House Democrats will fail to pass a federal budget for the first time since 1974, Jon Barela - the Republican candidate for New Mexico's First Congressional District - released the following statement:
Posted By Heath Haussamen
Republican challenger to U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich hopes to focus on the issues, says there’s a big contrast between the two candidates, primarily on fiscal policy.
..."Barela’s appeal is real...He came across as thoughtful, mature and likeably low- key. His issue positions and party label aside, he’s the kind of candidate almost any voter would think would be an asset on Capitol Hill."
To hear Rep. Martin Heinrich tell the story, as he did in an op-ed for the Albuquerque Journal last week, the majority of New Mexicans and Americans who disagree with the recently-passed 2,500 page health care bill are simply scared of change. He's not giving his constituents just credit, is he?
WASHINGTON — New Mexico's representatives in Congress aren't embracing a contentious new proposal floated by Democratic leaders to pass a health care overhaul without recording individual votes, but neither are they explicitly ruling it out.
A group of about a dozen Democrats — or as many as 30, depending on whom you ask — cooked up a mini-insurrection at the Democratic pre-primary nominating convention last weekend at Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino.
NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions of Texas announces Jon Barela as a Contender with the NRCC 'Young Guns' campaign program.