ABQjournal: ‘Independent’ Rarely Strays from Party Line By David Alire Garcia, Of the Journal

In reality, Wilson’s six-year record of voting in Congress reveals a loyal, dependable vote for the official Republican Party position on the overwhelming majority of issues. Much more so than either of the Republican congressmen who represented Albuquerque before her.

Last year, Wilson voted with the House Republican leadership 91 percent of the time according to vote-tabulating researchers at Congressional Quarterly. The year before that, 90 percent of the time. The year before that, 94 percent.

The Albuquerque-based 1st Congressional District that Wilson represents isn’t a 90-percent-plus Republican district. It’s nearly evenly split between those who prefer Democratic ideas and candidates versus those who prefer Republican ones.

The late Steve Schiff and Manuel Lujan, both Republicans, voted the party line a lot less. …

“She is essentially a fairly conservative Republican,” former Republican Gov. David Cargo told me shortly after Wilson’s first debate with her Democratic challenger, state Sen. Richard Romero, last Sunday.

At the debate, Wilson insisted that she “frequently” crosses party lines.

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[A] political junkie told me that “Heather has been the first to go negative in her past two campaigns, so I am not surprised.”

Wilson polls at 49%, Romero at 45%. She’s not going to take any chances.