NM Campaign Cartoon Called Racist

A campaign flier being used by New Mexico state treasurer candidate Demesia Padilla in her run against James B. Lewis has led to charges of racism, New Mexico area media reported over the weekend. The cartoon in question depicts Lewis as "a grinning puppet in ill-fitting clothes with Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson pulling his strings," according to the Albuquerque Journal's description.

At 6 PM locally Sunday evening a poll at the Journal was running approximately 53 percent to 47 percent saying the cartoon was "objectionable." Padilla denied the cartoon was racially charged, pointing to her own identity as a Hispanic woman. The cartoon specifically refers to the issue of whether or not the Treasurer should be an appointed or elected position.
 
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