ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Mark Ronchetti, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate in New Mexico, released this week his first general election commercial as he seeks to reintroduce himself to voters.
The forward-looking ad focuses on Ronchetti’s support for law enforcement, fighting crime, and small businesses while blaming Democrats for the dysfunction in Washington.
The former television meteorologist vows in the ad to “never support defunding the police.”
The promise comes as some Black Lives Matter protesters have called on cities to change the way they fund police departments as a way to fight structural racism.
“I’m not a politician and I have no interest in the political fights of the past,” Ronchett said in a statement. “I’ll work with anyone to improve the lives of the people of New Mexico.”
Ronchetti is facing Democrat U.S. Senate hopeful Ben Ray Luján for New Mexico’s open Senate seat.
Earlier this month, Luján released a television ad touting his support for expanding Medicaid while pointing to his father’s fight with cancer.
The commercial highlighted Luján’s father, Ben Luján, the late Speaker of the New Mexico House, and his access to insurance.
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