Club For Growth launched a new ad in New Mexico on Thursday, "Budget" (subscription), that criticizes Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) for what the group says is her liberal stance on --economic-->fiscal issues. --Wilson is running against fellow GOP representative Steve Pearce for the Senate spot.--> The --group concludes by contrasting-->ad contrasts Wilson's votes in the House unfavorably with those of her opponent in the New Mexico Senate primary, Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.)--, Pearce's traditionally conservative voting records on similar issues-->. "When it comes to this year's budget, tell Wilson to vote like Pearce," an announcer concludes.
--This ad-->"Budget" comes on the heels of another ad Club For Growth ran in the state between May 9 and May 16, which focused on Wilson's --position on one particular economic bill,-->vote in favor of expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program last year. "S-CHIP" (subscription) --The group places-->ties Wilson --alongside--> to Hillary Rodham Clinton and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., --in terms of voting-->who also voted for the measure, which --the group-->an announcer contends --includes liberally supported government-funded proposals, such as tax hikes and welfare expansions--> is "one of the largest tax hikes, welfare expansions, and government-run health care plans in history."
"S-CHIP encompasses a lot of things that Republicans tend not to like," said --the group's-->Club For Growth spokeswoman Nachama Soloveichik. "We thought it was important for Republicans in the state to know how their Republicans were voting on these types of bills."