They hoped that by presenting Redmond as unthreatening, he would become an acceptable alternative to Serna.
And Spain's Magui Serna of Spain ousted Paola Suarez of Argentina 6-2 2-6 6-2 in her first-round tie.
Serna had plenty of baggage, and the Republicans wouldn't let him -- or the voters -- forget it.
D. residents, and the Democratic nominee probably won't have the huge financial advantage that Serna did this time.
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Redmond drew 43 percent to 40 percent for Democrat Eric Serna and 17 percent for Green Party candidate Carol Miller.
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Spanish number one Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario made a late withdrawal with a thigh injury, and stand-in Serna proved no match for Hantuchova.
Miller drew a stunning 34.1 percent in Santa Fe County (just behind Serna's 39.4 percent), as well as 27.7 percent in Taos County.
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Redmond won by beefing up his margin in the northeast part of the state, but also because Miller took votes away from Serna in normally Democratic areas.
But while Serna apparently had a substantial financial advantage over Redmond (and ever more so over the underfunded Miller), Serna simply wasn't able to translate that advantage into turnout.
Some in the party acknowledged that Serna would have a better pro-environment vote in Congress than would Redmond, but Green Party voters apparently decided that didn't matter enough to support the embattled Democrat.
While Redmond drew 43, 472 votes (42.5 percent), roughly three quarters of his 1996 vote total, Serna attracted just 40, 424 votes (39.7 percent), far, far below the 124, 595 votes (67.2 percent) that Democrat Richardson drew in November.
Liberal and conservative interest groups were active in the campaign, with small business (National Federation of Independent Business), the pro-life community and other right-of-center groups backing Redmond and organized labor and many national environmental groups supporting Serna.
In December, Roberto Sajol, an employee of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, sought the help of family friend dela Serna for someone "who was being given a hard time at the DECS." Sajol was referred to Fulgencio.
Serna tried to change the subject by painting Redmond as a Christian conservative extremist who was out of touch with the district and by arguing that a vote for Miller was a wasted vote that could lead to Redmond's election.
Ambitious Democrats who hoped to run for Congress and those who disliked Serna argued that Redmond couldn't hold the seat in 1998, so the main result of his victory would be to destroy Serna and re-open the contest to pick the Democrat who would regain the district next year.
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