Heather Wilson is running for Senate in NM

[cali]

and boy is she flawed.

From kos:

Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M) will run for the New Mexico Senate seat that is expected to open up officially later Thursday when Sen. Pete Domenici (R) declares that he will not seek reelection in 2008, according to a source familiar with Wilson’s decision.

Domenici has taken Wilson under his wing in recent years, and as he has gotten older, Wilson’s name has topped the list of potential heirs <...>

he also faces the same U.S. Attorney scandal baggage that would have affected Domenici’s reelection campaign. Fired U.S. attorney David Iglesias said both lawmakers pressured him to be more aggressive with his corruption cases during the 2006 campaign.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/10/4/134853/344

[never_get_over_it]

1. Hopefully she'll be in jail by then.... n/t

[Tinksrival]

2. Wrong Wilson

Valerie Wilson for Senate! or Joe Wilson! or both!

[book_worm]

3. Good, that should hopefully open her House seat up for Dem takeover

[eFriendly]

4. I remember hearing about her and her child abusing hubby right after the Mark Foley Scandal

Congresswoman on page board buried file on husband's child abuse allegation

A file allegedly suppressed by Congresswoman Heather Wilson (R-NM) has been obtained by RAW STORY.

In 1995, just three days into her tenure as Secretary of the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department, Wilson removed a routine working file alleging that her husband had engaged in inappropriate contact with a minor. The file was then transferred to the department's attorney in her own Albuquerque office, where it soon went missing.

At the time, a local investigative news team learned about the swap, but could not confirm certain details of the file. They were not able to recover the document itself.

More than ten years later, RAW STORY has uncovered and confirmed the authenticity of the police incident report believed to be contained in the missing dossier. Filed as a case of child abuse in 1993, it contends that Wilson's husband Jay Hone, an Albuquerque attorney, touched a then-16 year old boy "in a manner that was not welcome."

Charges were never filed against her husband, but Wilson's handling of the affair drew the ire of Bob Schwartz who at the time served as district attorney in Bernalillo County. He described Wilson's actions to the news team as "absolutely inappropriate," citing her "obvious conflict of interest." He also admonished Wilson for not following official procedure for the removal of official documents. "If this file is behind Secretary Wilson's desk," Schwartz said, "then she shouldn't be behind this desk anymore. She should resign."

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Congresswoman_on_page_board_buried_file_1019.html

[LSparkle]

5. Snore ... like we hadn't seen this coming

Domenici's hand-picked successor -- NOT. ONE MORE PICKUP FOR DEMS!

[VP505]

8. Maybe THAT'S

why someone has been running ads on local TV thanking her for working so hard to extend the SCHIP program. A little something to help convince voters that she cares. :sarcasm:

[TygrBright]

6. Oh, good! This skanky cow should be EASY to beat. n/t

[bpeale]

7. domenici does not get to pass around a senatorship like a party favor

now is the time, since wilson is hated so much, to send her back home for good.