Former CIA agent Valerie Plame entered the race with a bang, but her political celebrity was no match for attorney Teresa Leger Fernandez’s local roots and progressive bona fides.
Attorney Teresa Leger Fernandez defeated former CIA agent Valerie Plame for the Democratic nomination in New Mexico’s Third Congressional District, according to the
, a race that pitted political celebrity against deep local roots and progressive civil rights bona fides at a time when the country is gripped by racial turmoil.... [+] delegates at a preprimary convention in Pojoaque, N.M. Leger Fernandez is one of seven contenders for the Democratic nomination in New Mexico's June 2 primary to succeed U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan in the 3rd Congressional District as he runs for the U.S. Senate. Plame rose to public prominence in 2003, when White House staffer Scooter Libby leaked classified information about her in retaliation for her husband’s criticism of the Iraq War.
But Plame’s candidacy was marred by the fact that in 2017 she tweeted an article entitled “America’s Jews Are Driving America’s Wars,” which she
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