Richardson Leads Romney in 2008 U.S. Race: Angus Reid Global Monitor

“Democrat Bill Richardson could defeat a prospective Republican presidential nominee in the United States, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 42 per cent of respondents would support the New Mexico governor in 2008, while 34 per cent would vote for former Massachusetts senator Mitt Romney.

Richardson won the 2002 gubernatorial election in New Mexico, and earned a new four-year term in November 2006, defeating Republican challenger John Dendahl with 69 per cent of the vote. Richardson””currently the only Hispanic governor in the United States””had previously worked as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations UN and as energy secretary in the Clinton administration.”

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