{"id":2361462,"date":"2024-10-30T09:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T13:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexico-on-the-cusp-of-going-red-with-trump-visit-nella-domenici-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T09:14:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T13:14:28","slug":"new-mexico-on-the-cusp-of-going-red-with-trump-visit-nella-domenici-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexico-on-the-cusp-of-going-red-with-trump-visit-nella-domenici-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico &#8216;on the cusp&#8217; of going red with Trump visit: Nella Domenici &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-mexico-on-the-cusp-of-going-red-with-trump-visit-nella-domenici-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2361462&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In an exclusive interview, Republican Senate nominee Nella Domenici highlighted the significance of former President Donald\u200b Trump&#8217;s upcoming visit\u2063 to\u200d New Mexico, asserting that\u2062 the traditionally Democratic state is\u2062 &#8220;in play&#8221; for the\u2064 first time since 2004. Domenici \u200cbelieves that\u2064 Trump&#8217;s rally in Albuquerque on Halloween could boost her campaign against incumbent Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich, who has held his seat since 2013. Despite current polls showing Vice President\u2064 Kamala Harris\u2062 leading Trump by around\u200b nine points in New Mexico, Domenici\u2063 has noted \u200ban enthusiastic response from voters, including Democrats and Hispanics, who are joining Republican efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Domenici emphasized that New \u200bMexico&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-border-democrat-has-had-enough-ditches-party-and-switches-to-gop-in-epic-move\/\" title=\"Texas Border Democrat switches to GOP in a bold move, fed up with their party.\">ongoing border\u200c crisis<\/a> could \u200bsway voters towards\u200d Republican \u2064candidates\u200c due to frustrations over increasing migrant \u2062encounters, which rose\u2063 22% in \u200bAugust \u2062compared to the\u2064 previous month. \u200bShe criticized the lack of security along New Mexico&#8217;s \u200bopen \u200dborder. As she seeks\u2064 to capitalize on emerging \u2063Republican \u200csupport, Domenici \u200calso acknowledged the \u200dimportance of being sensitive \u2062in communication regarding\u2064 cultural differences.<\/p>\n<p>Domenici&#8217;s comments reflect\u200c a\u2062 palpable shift\u200b in \u2062campaign dynamics within New Mexico, as the Republican party aims\u2062 to gain traction in a \u200dstate historically dominated by Democrats.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">New Mexico is &lsquo;on the cusp&rsquo; of going red with Trump visit: Nella Domenici<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1868111\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash; <\/strong>Republican Senate nominee Nella Domenici said former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s visit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New Mexico\">New Mexico<\/a> shows the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-health-department-nurse-claims-fourth-graders-experiment-with-anal-sex\/\" title=\"Indiana Health Department Nurse Claims Fourth Graders Experiment with Anal Sex\">traditionally blue state<\/a> is &ldquo;in play&rdquo; for the first time since 2004.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a great signal, and it really illuminates what we&rsquo;re feeling here on the ground, which is, the state is in play and it&rsquo;s a close margin of error race,&rdquo; Domenici said, speaking to the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>on Tuesday, adding &ldquo;We&rsquo;re on the cusp of becoming a red state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump plans to hold a rally in Albuquerque on Halloween, marking his second visit to the state since 2019.&nbsp;The rally comes as public polling indicates a firm Democratic presidential lead in the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican political contenders including Nella Domenici, right, filed petitions Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Santa Fe, N.M., to appear on New Mexico&rsquo;s primary ballot in hopes of challenging incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich. Republicans also hope to reclaiming a congressional swing seat along the U.S. border with Mexico held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez. (AP Photo\/Morgan Lee)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/election\/journal-poll-kamala-harris-maintains-advantage-over-donald-trump-in-new-mexico\/article_b8ca94e0-8da6-11ef-8a26-67722784e9ab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">recent <\/a><em>Albuquerque Journal <\/em>poll by Research &amp; Polling Inc. found Vice President Kamala Harris is leading by 9 points, with 50% to Trump&rsquo;s 41%. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/new-mexico\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">average<\/a> of polls shows Harris is ahead by 7.7 points.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, Republicans have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/election\/strong-turnout-especially-in-some-southern-nm-counties-marks-first-week-of-early-voting\/article_328d2a18-8b22-11ef-8d45-03278d5dd37f.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">outpaced<\/a> Democrats in early voting in New Mexico. Domenici, a former business executive who runs the largest charter school non-profit in the state, said she&rsquo;s seeing signs of enthusiasm as she&rsquo;s traveling the state, challenging incumbent Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s signaling really what we are experiencing here on the ground. We have lots of Democrats, lots of Hispanics, joining our team in all different ways, giving money, raising money, hosting events, organizing events &mdash; and that flow of Democrats just keeps on coming to our party,&rdquo; Domenici explained. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s really quite exciting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Republican candidate for Senate believes that Trump&rsquo;s visit to the state will help boost her candidacy in her pursuit to flip Heinrich&rsquo;s seat, which he has held since 2013. A poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/election\/journal-poll-martin-heinrich-keeps-double-digit-lead-over-nella-domenici-in-u-s-senate\/article_79d5e26a-8fd3-11ef-8146-975ee8138994.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">conducted by Research and Polling, Inc. for the <em>Albuquerque Journal<\/em><\/a>  showed Heinrich leads in the race 51-40% among likely voters. An<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/senate\/general\/2024\/new-mexico\/domenici-vs-heinrich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> average<\/a> of polling shows Heinrich is leading by ten points.<\/p>\n<p>Domenici said that New Mexico is ground zero in the border crisis, which opens the door for Republicans to win over fed up voters. <\/p>\n<p>While illegal immigration fell in certain parts of the country, New Mexico has been experiencing a spike in migrant encounters. U.S. Customs and Border Protection data published last month found they went up 22% in the state, going from 9,087 in July to 11,016 in August. Additionally, ten times as many migrants died in New Mexico near the U.S.-Mexico border in each of the last two years in comparison with just five years ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/immigration-border-deaths-new-mexico-677a6b57e729ca076a0d12dba31c3b70#:~:text=ALBUQUERQUE%2C%20N.M.%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94,west%20of%20El%20Paso%2C%20Texas.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according to reporting <\/a>from the <em>Associated Press.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Texas has basically barricaded it&rsquo;s own border and Arizona has done the same and we are right in the middle &mdash; and it&rsquo;s terrible to describe this &mdash; but there&rsquo;s a wall for half of our border and then absolutely nothing, it&rsquo;s wide open,&rdquo; she said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As Domenici fights to court Hispanic voters in the Southwestern state, the national focus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3207114\/trump-didnt-hear-tony-hinchcliffe-joke-doesnt-denounce-it\/\">has been on <\/a>Trump&rsquo;s Madison Square Garden rally in which comedian Tony Hinchcliffe joked that Puerto Rico is a &ldquo;floating island of garbage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I wish it hadn&rsquo;t occurred &mdash; it doesn&rsquo;t matter that New Mexico doesn&rsquo;t have a lot of Puerto Ricans,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It was a little bit sloppy to let that whole thing happen. We all need to be very sensitive about how we communicate and how we describe different people from different cultures, different heritages and different backgrounds.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After the interview, President Joe Biden made a clumsy remark trying to rebuke Hinchcliffe&rsquo;s remarks by saying: &ldquo;The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Republicans widely panned Biden for disparaging Trump fans, much like Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s 2016 &nbsp;&ldquo;basket of&nbsp;deplorables&rdquo; comment, while Biden quickly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3208488\/biden-backlash-trump-supporters-garbage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"walked back\">walked back<\/a> the remark. A White House spokesman released Biden&rsquo;s transcript in which it says &ldquo;supporter&rsquo;s&rdquo; in reference to Hinchcliffe, not Trump&rsquo;s supporters in the plural.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly half the state of New Mexico is Hispanic or Latino. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">state started garnering attention<\/a> after Richard Grennell, a key Trump ally who served as the acting director of national intelligence during his administration, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RichardGrenell\/status\/1848389617856528792\">posted the results<\/a> of a sourceless &ldquo;shock&rdquo; poll, claiming the Republican presidential nominee was catching up with Harris in New Mexico on Oct. 21.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;&#128680;&#128680;<\/p>\n<p>New Mexico shock poll. <\/p>\n<p>Harris 49, Trump 46<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardGrenell\/status\/1848389617856528792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Historically, New Mexico has been won by both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-parliament-votes-unanimously-to-recognize-chinas-genocide\/\" title=\"Canadian Parliament Votes Unanimously To Recognize China\u2019s Genocide\">major political parties<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">presidential race<\/a>, with Democrats winning the state 15 times and Republicans winning 12 times since &ldquo;The Land of Enchantment&rdquo; became a state. Since the 2004 election, the state has trended in favor of Democrats with the party&rsquo;s nominee taking New Mexico in each of the last four elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No Republican has won a U.S. Senate seat in New Mexico since Pete Domenici in 2002, the six-term senator who is the late father of Nella Domenici. Heinrich&rsquo;s campaign said the idea that either Trump or Domenici will win in the state is &ldquo;simply not based in reality.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Much like the election deniers and conspiracy theorists Donald Trump and Nella Domenici will be rallying with on Thursday, the idea that either one of them will win in NM is simply not based in reality,&rdquo; said Brad Elkins, the campaign manager for Heinrich in a statement provided to the <em>Washington Examiner.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1868111\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1868111\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Mexico may turn red with Trump&#8217;s visit, says Domenici<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2361463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nella-Domenici-2-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[34059,34818,5894,39354],"class_list":["post-2361462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-election-2024","tag-new-mexico","tag-politics","tag-trump-visit"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nella-Domenici-2-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2361462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2361463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2361462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2361462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2361462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}