Republican Party says Pearce Can’t Win U.S. Senate Race

Sen. John Ensign, the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, a key source of campaign money seemed ready to write off Congressman Steve Pearce's race for U.S. Senate as a lost cause.

“He told reporters the New Mexico campaign is a low priority and that the party shouldn't waste money on races you don't need or can't win.”

This will mean that Steve Pearce will have a very difficult time raising money from his national party because no one wants to invest in a loosing race. It will also free up local republican donators to give their money to congressional candidates in the southern and center parts of the state.

At this point Pearce is 25% behind Congressman Tom Udall who is the lead democratic candidate in the state of New Mexico. Congressman Udall has total support from the Democratic Party because he has shown that he is U.S. Senate material from the very start of his public career. He was raised in a family that is dictated to public service and is well known in the southwestern states for producing quality candidates.

I can see why the Republican Party would want to spend their money on races that would be more winnable for them. It would also humiliate the Republican Party to support a candidate that could clearly lose by such a wide margin. The Democratic Party of New Mexico is inspired to work harder then every before to get out every single democratic voter they can for Congressman Udall.

This feeling of support for Congressman Udall will most likely translate into better results for the Congressional Democratic candidates as well which could be a factor in the Republican Party not wanting to supply Congressman Pearce with more money to fight the battle for the senate seat. They may fear that the senate race could turn out voters in every part of the state that would result in giving New Mexico three democratic congressmen. The Republican Party may be hoping to reduce Democratic Party voter turn out so that they can keep New Mexico a Presidential red state becasue it is a key battle state this year.