Alibi Article Touts Michelle's Campaign Success

Michelle Lujan Grisham . . . worked for Govs. Bruce King and Gary Johnson as director of the Agency on Aging. Richardson named her Secretary of the Aging and Long-Term Services Department, then promoted her to supervise the 4,000 employees of the New Mexico Department of Health.

Grisham has matched Heinrich's quarterly fundraising, though she's still chasing him in total dollars. She's hired pollster Celinda Lake and has a full campaign staff. A Hispanic woman with deep community roots, Lujan could fare better against White than Heinrich. One Democratic blogger predicts she would "mop the floor with White."

Excerpted from "The Real Side" by Jim Scarantino, Weekly Alibi, February 14, 2008. Read the full article here.