Accountability | New Mexico
Pearce Courts Fringe Anti-Abortion Conspiracy Theorists in New Mexico Governor’s Race
While Rep. Steve Pearce doesn’t mention abortion on his campaign website, he is planning to appear this weekend with anti-abortion activists who have actively pushed QAnon and other far-right conspiracies as his campaign for governor enters its final weeks.
Accountability | New Mexico
Pearce Likens Driving Latino Voters to Polls to Russian Election Interference
Rep. Steve Pearce likened efforts to get Latino voters to the polls in 2016 to Russia’s interference to help elect Donald Trump. “At a time when we’ve got the Mueller investigation going on to determine if the Russians were influencing elections, actually it’s happening right under Mueller’s nose that Google was trying to rig the elections,” said Pearce, the GOP nominee for New Mexico governor.
Accountability | New Mexico
Long Opposed to Ethical Oversight, Pearce Changes Tune During Run for Governor
Rep. Steve Pearce repeatedly voted to weaken ethical oversight while in Congress but is campaigning for governor on creating an ethics watchdog to regulate the behavior of state lawmakers.