Competition lacking as candidate's firm oversaw health pool
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A consulting group once co-owned by Congresswoman and gubernatorial candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham received contracts to supervise a statewide health insurance pool through a public bidding process but had no competition, according to a review of records requested by The Associated Press.
Lujan Grisham’s involvement has come under fire in Republican-sponsored attack ads labeling the congresswoman as “shamelessly corrupt” and warning of scandals yet to come if she’s elected.
Lujan Grisham, a Democrat who is running to succeed Gov. Susana Martinez, calls the ads misleading and deceptive.
On the campaign trail, Lujan Grisham has embraced her former private partnership’s role in the New Mexico Medical Insurance Pool as evidence of her commitment to helping severely ill people and as validation of her expertise.
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It doesn't look like any laws were violated. The contract was for less than 1% of the fund being managed. And Lujan Grisham's firm was the only bidder. Nothing to see here...