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U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-NM, center, monitors election returns in Hobbs, N.M., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. Pearce is fending off a challenge from Democrat Merrie Lee Soules. (Todd Bailey/The Hobbs Daily News-Sun via AP)
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FILE - This April 9, 2014 photo shows employment signs inn the city of Hobbs, N.M., which are competing for workers to keep up with development in the midst of an oil boom. The Census Bureau reports that the community of Hobbs, was the second fastest-growing in New Mexico from 2012 to 2013. Hobbs and other communities in southeastern New Mexico’s oil-rich Permian Basin are enjoying significant population growth in large part because of increased oil production from advances in drilling technologies. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing, file)
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In this April 10, 2014, image, Hobbs, New Mexico, Mayor Sam Cobb talks about the challenges the city has had in luring housing developers to meet the population demands from the Permian Basin oil boom, in Hobbs, N.M. (AP Photo.Jeri Clausing)
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This April 9, 2014 photo shows employment signs inn the city of Hobbs, N.M., which are competing for workers to keep up with development in the midst of an oil boom. Virtually every business in town has a help wanted sign out. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing)
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This April 9, 2014 photo shows employment signs inn the city of Hobbs, N.M., which are competing for workers to keep up with development in the midst of an oil boom. Virtually every business in town has a help wanted sign out. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing)
