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Local Ethics, D.C. Ethics: Both Key To N. Mexico Race
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jul 30, 2006 09:21pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Monday, July 31, 2006 03:20:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Mark Z. Barabak, Times Staff Writer
July 30, 2006
ALBUQUERQUE -- Third in a series of occasional articles.
Patricia Madrid was in her rural ranch house one day last fall, chasing a mouse with a broom, when her telephone rang. It was Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, calling unexpectedly but not entirely out of the blue.
For years, Democrats had been courting Madrid, New Mexico's attorney general, trying to get her to run against Republican Rep. Heather A. Wilson, a perennial target.
Madrid caught the mouse. But it took months and countless conversations — including three face-to-face meetings with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco and the call from Clinton — before Democrats bagged their quarry and Madrid agreed to run.
"It's not like you're dying to leave your beautiful state to go to Washington," said Madrid, who is term-limited as attorney general and had sneaked off with her husband that weekend (she thought) to contemplate her future. "The point they were making to me is this is more than one congressional seat; it's … part of an effort to change the leadership of the House."
The ability of Democrats to entice their first-choice candidate into one of the nation's premier congressional contests reflects a widely held view that the party stands its best chance in a decade to take over the House, after five unsuccessful tries. |
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