When monitoring the top 50 Hispanic influentials, the numbers were better for Rubio, but not by much (47 for Rubio, 40 for Clint).

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On an out-of-town trip Carlsbad state senator Joseph Gant Jr. read a wire- service story -- by chance -- about the Lyons fiasco and got on the telephone to other Carlsbad influentials.

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