With time being such a precious commodity for presidential campaigns and the clock ticking quickly toward Election Day, Democrats in New Mexico say Trump’s trip to the state — his first in five years — is a fool’s errand.

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“Trump is wasting his time coming to our state as polls show New Mexicans will once again reject his MAGA extremism and divisive rhetoric,” Daniel Garcia, spokesman for the Democratic Party of New Mexico, claimed in a statement.

And referencing the former president’s Oct. 31 stop in Albuquerque, Garcia made a verbal attack on Trump, saying, “There will be a round orange mass in Albuquerque on Halloween, and we’re not talking about a pumpkin.”

New Mexico Republican Senate candidate Nella Domenici campaigns in Carlsbad, NM on October 29, 2024 (Nella Domenici Senate Campaign)

But Domenici, who is trying to narrow the gap with Heinrich, sees advantages to Trump’s stop at the airport in Albuquerque, the state’s largest city.

“People are very excited that Trump is coming here,” she told Fox News. “It definitely really excites the grassroots and the grassroots is kind of a growing term.”

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Domenici argued that “we have so many problems in our state that people end up saying, ‘I’m giving up on Democrats and I want to become a Republican,’ and that’s happening every day, every week in this race.

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

“A lot of Latin American Democrats are coming to our side. They’re angry that the cost of living is so high. They’re angry that there’s crime everywhere. You can’t even put gas in your car at night.” Domenici claimed. “There’s a lot of momentum for people to want to vote Republican.”

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Domenici has decades of experience in the financial industry at Bridgewater Associates (where she was Chief Financial Officer), Credit Suisse and Citadel Investment Group.

Republican Senate candidate Nella Domenici campaigns in Carlsbad, New Mexico, on May 14, 2024 (Domenici campaign)

She is also the daughter of the late Republican Senator Pete Domenici, who served in the Senate for 36 years before retiring in early 2009 at the end of his sixth term.

The legacy of her father, who died in 2017, gives the younger Domenici a powerful political brand and a lot of name recognition in New Mexico.

“My family’s name has definitely helped me a lot. That’s because my father’s legacy is so deeply appreciated here by multiple generations,” she emphasized. “Many people still have a warm affection for him.”

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