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PHOENIX Donald Trumps unexpected rally in Albuquerque, NM, Thursday
will bring added attention to the states under-the-radar Senate race
and hence to the under-the-radar issue of school choice.
Republican hopeful Nella Domenici, daughter of the late Sen. Pete
Domenici, is a businesswoman who with her husband runs the states largest
charter school operation.
She told The Post the former presidents visit is a strong signal that New
Mexico could be in play based on the campaigns internal data.
I agree New Mexicos in play, and the reason were in play is because Im
running against an incumbent, Martin Heinrich, whos been a senator here
for 12 years. And New Mexico has a long list of failures, Domenici said,
citing high levels of crime, drug usage and border issues in the Land of
Enchantment.
She also noted the states abysmal literacy rates: New Mexico ranked dead
last out of all 50 states plus DC in reading performance on the most
recent national report card.
But improving education has been on Domenicis mind long before her run
for the Senate.
My husband and I started something about seven and a half years ago
called Excellent Schools of New Mexico, she said. It either supports
existing charter schools in very, very underserved areas, or it starts new
charter schools in very underserved areas.
Everyone said we could never succeed here, and now we have 9,000
students, 14 schools in underserved areas, and students are outperforming
their peers semester after semester. Its extraordinarily inspiring, she
added.
New Mexicans are becoming more aware of alternative options for educating
their kids, creating a big power shift to parents in the state, she said.
Domenici also believes energy policy is a critical issue in her state that
doesnt get enough attention, and that the full potential of the states
energy reserves has yet to be tapped.
New Mexico sits atop the Permian Basin, the same basin that Texas sits
atop. And its the best oil basin, literally, probably in the world. And
so right now theres a lot being done by radical progressives to make it
difficult for our state to fully unleash the benefits of the Permian
Basin, she said.
While public polling indicates a lead for both Vice President Kamala
Harris and Heinrich, Domenici remains optimistic about her race, and the
states political future.
People think New Mexicos a blue state, and it has a small group of
radical progressives that dont represent the whole state and they have
too much power, she said.
Its very, very exciting to think that maybe we can create a more
balanced set of powers here so that New Mexicans priorities are really
represented. Right now, theyre not.
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