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State Chapters => State Politics/Government => Topic started by: libertybele on May 30, 2021, 11:56:27 pm
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My bets are on the DEMS. What's one more stolen election??
Surge in crime, defund the police push are top issues in House special election
Taking a page from a Republican playbook that resulted in some unexpected victories in House elections last November, GOP candidate Mark Moores is focusing much of his campaign in Tuesday’s special election for a vacant congressional seat in New Mexico over a surge in crime and the push by some on the left to "defund the police."
New Mexico’s First Congressional District, in the central part of the state, includes roughly three-quarters of Albuquerque, the state’s largest city, which like other urban areas across the country has witnessed a breakout in crime.
Moores is zeroing in on that, as well as highlighting Democratic candidate state Rep. Melanie Stansbury’s initial support for the BREATHE Act, a wide ranging push for policing reform penned by activists allied with the Black Lives Matter movement.
"Rampant crime, drug violence, a record number of homicides in Albuquerque this year. It’s never been more dangerous. Melanie Stanbury’s plan – supporting legislation that defunds the police," charges the narrator in a recent Moores commercial that Stansbury disputes................
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/surge-in-crime-defund-the-police-push-a-top-issue-in-house-special-election
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This could prove to be an interesting test.