Trump stop in blue-leaning state could boost Republican bid to flip Democrat-held Senate seat

The Republican Senate nominee successful New Mexico says former President Trump's stop successful nan blue-leaning southwestern authorities connected Thursday "will infuse our authorities pinch a batch of momentum."

Nella Domenici, nan 2024 GOP Senate nominee and nan girl of New Mexico's past Republican senator, is trying to conclusion Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich, who is moving successful November for a 3rd six-year term, arsenic her statement useful to triumph backmost nan chamber's majority.

"Trump is decidedly going to thief america pinch nan independents," Domenici predicted successful a Fox News Digital question and reply connected nan eve of nan erstwhile president's sojourn to nan state. 

With 5 days until Election Day adjacent Tuesday, nan erstwhile president is making a uncommon detour from campaigning successful nan 7 important battleground states successful nan White House title that will apt find if Trump aliases Vice President Kamala Harris wins nan 2024 election.

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Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks astatine a run rally astatine Rocky Mount Event Center, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, successful Rocky Mount, N.C. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

It's been 2 decades since a Republican carried New Mexico successful a statesmanlike election. You've sewage to spell backmost to President George W. Bush's 2004 re-election.

There hasn't been an abundance of polling successful New Mexico, but astir caller surveys bespeak Harris pinch an precocious azygous digit lead complete Trump, though 1 study suggests a tighter title for nan state's 5 electoral votes.

With clip specified a precious commodity for statesmanlike campaigns and nan timepiece quickly ticking toward Election Day, New Mexico Democrats opportunity Trump's travel to nan authorities - his first successful 5 years - is simply a fool's errand.

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"Trump is wasting his clip coming to our authorities arsenic polling shows New Mexicans are group to cull his MAGA extremism and divisive rhetoric yet again," Democratic Party of New Mexico spokesperson Daniel Garcia claimed successful a statement.

And referring to nan Oct. 31st extremity successful Albuquerque by nan erstwhile president, Garcia took a verbal changeable astatine Trump, saying "a rotund orangish wide will beryllium successful Albuquerque connected Halloween, and we’re not talking astir a pumpkin."

Nella Domenici, nan Republican Senate nominee successful New Mexico, campaigns successful Carlsbad, N.M. connected Oct. 29, 2024 (Nella Domenici Senate campaign)

But Domenici, who's trying to constrictive nan spread pinch Heinrich, sees down-ballot benefits to Trump's extremity astatine nan airdrome successful Albuquerque, nan state's largest city.

"People are really excited to person Trump travel here," she told Fox News. "It decidedly excites nan guidelines hugely and nan guidelines is benignant of a increasing term."

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Domenici based on that "we person truthful galore problems successful our authorities that yet group are saying ‘I springiness up connected nan Democrats and I want to beryllium a Republican’ and it’s happening each day, each week, of this race.

Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) listens during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee proceeding connected Federal Electric Vehicle Incentives connected January 11, 2024 successful Washington, DC.  (Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

"A batch of Hispanic Democrats are coming complete to our side. They’re huffy that nan costs of surviving is truthful high. They’re huffy that crime is everywhere. You can’t moreover spell get state successful your car astatine night," Domenici claimed. "There’s a batch of momentum for group to want to ballot Republican."

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Domenici has decades of acquisition successful nan finance manufacture astatine Bridgewater Associates (where she served arsenic main financial officer), Credit Suisse and Citadel Investment group.

Republican Senate campaigner Nella Domenici campaigns successful Carlsbad, New Mexico, connected May 14, 2024 (Domenici campaign)

She's besides nan girl of nan precocious longtime Republican Sen. Pete Domenici, who served for 36 years successful nan Senate earlier retiring astatine nan opening of 2009 astatine nan extremity of his sixth term.

The bequest of her father, who died successful 2017, gives nan younger Domenici a powerful governmental marque and plentifulness of sanction nickname successful New Mexico.

"My family’s sanction has perfectly helped maine a immense amount. It’s because my father’s bequest is truthful profoundly appreciated present by aggregate generations," she emphasized. "A batch of group still person very lukewarm hearts for him."

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