Did Someone Say It Was Going to Get Nasty?

Lt. Gov. Diane Denish started the negative ads right after last week's primary. So far she's run two against Susana Martinez.

But now the Las Cruces district attorney has struck back.

Amazingly, crime is emerging as the major issue of the campaign, at least on the tv ad front.

Here's the new Republican ad.



And here's Denish's latest, released earlier this week: