IN N.M. SENATE RACE, HEINRICH ATTACKS WILSON’S SUPPORT OF NATIONAL LABS

New Mexico Democratic Senate candidate Martin Heinrich lashed out at Republic opponent Heather Wilson’s support of Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s budget proposal yesterday, questioning Wilson’s support for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s weapons laboratories. The labs would face steep cuts in Ryan’s budget plan—10 percent for Sandia National Laboratories and 17 percent for Los Alamos National Laboratory. Ahead at the polls, the Heinrich campaign appears to be trying to whittle away at one of Wilson’s strengths, her national security credentials, though both Senate candidates have voiced support for the labs and efforts to modernize the nation’s nuclear deterrent. Wilson is a former staffer for Sen. Pete Domenici and a former staffer on the National Security Council. “The fact that Heather Wilson admires Paul Ryan for his willingness to propose ideas that would harm New Mexico’s middle class proves just how wrong her priorities are for New Mexico,” Heinrich spokeswoman Whitney Potter said in a statement yesterday, noting that Heinrich voted against the Ryan budget. “New Mexicans want a senator who will stand up against Republican attacks on our national labs and Medicare, and fight to protect the middle class.” A spokesman for Wilson did not respond to a request for comment.