Sessions To Campaign for Barela in New Mexico

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National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Pete Sessions of Texas will be making an appearance in New Mexico this weekend as the "special guest" at a breakfast rally for GOP House candidate Jon Barela.

The breakfast will take place Sunday at 9:30 a.m. MST in Albequerque, N.M. The Barela campaign suggests contributions of $20 or $50 to attend the event.

Barela, former chair of the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce, faces an uphill battle to unseat freshman Rep. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) in the Democratic-leaning district, and has put up only modest fundraising numbers.

But he has been named to the second tier of the NRCC's "Young Guns" program for promising recruits, and the fact that Sessions is making a visit to his district indicates that Republicans view the seat as an increasingly strong pick-up opportunity.


http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/eyeon2010/2010/03/barela.html