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September 13th, 2006 at 1:05 pm

Election focus: Trial lawyers target Heather Wilson (R-NM)

The Democratic candidate, Patricia Madrid, is state attorney general and a former trial attorney; ATLA has provided her campaign $10,000 (among the $430,000 in trial lawyer contributions) and made an extensive ad buy. (Wilson press release, Aug. 31) Madrid’s office has been using taxpayer money to blanket the state with mailed pamphlets trumpeting recent settlements by the AG’s office, prominently featuring the same photo she uses on her campaign site. (Steve Terrell, “Roundhouse Roundup”, The New Mexican, Aug. 31).

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