“You can speak pretty freely as an independent,” Dunn told the Journal.
Although few independent candidates have ever been elected to the U.S. Congress, there are some exceptions, including U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who was first elected to the U.S. House as an independent in 1990.
And Dunn, a rancher and retired banker, said the unique circumstances surrounding the special election to fill New Mexico’s open 1st Congressional District seat could increase the chances of a political upset in the Democratic-leaning district.
“I don’t think anybody has any idea what’s going to happen,” he said in an interview.
SANTA FE – It’s not easy to miss Mark Moores.
The three-term Republican state senator cuts an imposing physical figure and is known at the Roundhouse as a gregarious and vocal legislator with a penchant for leading the singing of the University of New Mexico fight song on the Senate floor.
But the former UNM football player faces a quest for voter visibility as the Republican nominee for a vacant Albuquerque-area congressional seat that will be filled in a June 1 special election.
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A Republican has not won the 1st Congressional District seat since Heather Wilson narrowly defeated Democrat Patricia Madrid in 2006.
25 Apr 2021
New Mexico state Sen. Mark Moores told Breitbart News this weekend that his opponent in the upcoming June 1 special election in New Mexico’s First Congressional District is “absolutely radical.”
Moores, the GOP nominee for the First Congressional District race to replace former Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM) who is now President Joe Biden’s interior secretary, faces off against Democrat Melanie Stansbury on June 1 in the special election. The district, which leans Democrat, is considered competitive this time around because it is a special election and because the Democrats have complete control in Washington. Moores appeared on
Breitbart News Saturday on SiriusXM 125 the Patriot Channel on Saturday morning to discuss his campaign.