Gubernatorial candidates launch dueling attack ads
Punch, counterpunch: Expect a lot more where that came from.
Pearce's ad, distributed early Friday, amplifies his argument that
The ad claims
The 2007 stories describe
The Pearce ad also references the case of an
The narrator in the Lujan Grisham ad mockingly intones that Pearce's previous attack ads, about her work with the state and in owning a company that helped manage the state's high-risk health insurance pool, "look credible, don't they?"
Seeking to rebut a Pearce claim about her "incompetent and negligent management" at a
"The report wasn't talking about Michelle," the narrator states.
But the campaign ad Friday was the first time she publicly referenced the president, whose job approval rating in
The ad, citing the political analysis site FiveThirtyEight, states Pearce votes "90 percent with
"But just because
Pearce has sounded an ambivalent note when asked about Trump during the general election.
"To me, they're kind of irrelevant," he said in a recent interview, referring to Trump and recent past presidents. "None of them have been central to my campaigns."
The candidates will meet for the second of three televised debates Tuesday. The debate will air on
The final head-to-head confrontation will air
Early voting has begun at county clerks' offices.
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