Democrat wins U.S. House special election in New Mexico
Associated Press - Tuesday, June 1, 2021ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Democrat Melanie Stansbury has won election to Congress for New Mexico to fill a vacant seat previously held by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.
Stanbury prevailed Tuesday in a four-way race after campaigning in support of major initiatives of the Biden administration. Her victory shores up the Democratic majority in Congress ahead of 2022 midterm elections.
Stansbury defeated third-term Republican state Sen. Mark Moores to fill an Albuquerque-based seat that has been held by Democrats since 2009. . . .
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/1/melanie-stansbury-new-mexico-democrat-wins-new-mex/
Republicans once again demonstrate their reluctance to put up a fight. If they had simply gotten 60% of the turnout they got last November, they would have picked up this seat. But they chose instead to stand on the sidelines and do nothing while the Dems funneled out-of-state money to the communist candidate.
This was a simple get-out-the-vote exercise. And the Republicans failed again, just as they do every election. In fact, the only two things in the past 16 years that brought about a strong GOP turnout was during the TEA Party movement (which the GOP later killed) and Donald Trump (which the GOP also killed).
