DEFENDERS ACTION FUND LAUNCHES ITS GRASSROOTS OPERATION TO ELECT TOM UDALL

Full-time canvassing starts May 1st and goes through Election Day

Albuquerque, N.M – Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund launched its full-time canvass operation today as part of its comprehensive campaign to help elect Tom Udall to the U.S. Senate.

The campaign started today with 15 canvassers going out daily to talk to swing voters about Reps. Heather Wilson and Steve Pearce's out-of-touch values and record of misplaced priorities, and to persuade these voters to support Rep. Tom Udall for the U.S. Senate, who has been a true champion for conservation and ordinary New Mexican families.

The canvass operation will swell up in size further during the general election, and the campaign estimates that its combined staff and volunteer canvass efforts will result in at least a quarter million doors knocked before the election in November.

"Our campaign is looking forward to talking directly with voters about why Heather Wilson and Steve Pearce are two bad for New Mexico," said Ed Yoon, the group's state campaign manager.  "Wilson and Pearce voted to give oil companies billions of dollars in tax breaks while we pay more than $3.50 per gallon, and their unethical behaviors has won them the distinguished shame of being called ‘two of the 22 most corrupt members of Congress'."¹

"We will encourage voters to support Tom Udall, who has consistently championed the values and priorities of ordinary New Mexicans concerned about improving the quality of life for themselves, their families and their communities."

For more information, please go to www.2Bad4NM.org.

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The Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund (www.defendersactionfund.org) provides a powerful voice in Washington to Americans who value our conservation heritage. Through grassroots lobbying, issue advocacy and political campaigns, the Action Fund champions those laws and lawmakers that protect wildlife and wild places while working against those that do them harm.