Current US Senate Ratings (incl. Map)

[TheGlobalizer]

I think NM is accurate, but I'd put it on the tossup end of Lean D, particularly if Heather Wilson wins the nomination.

I don't get a sense that there's a lot of passionate support for Heinrich, he's just better than the bridges-too-far served up by the NM GOP (Pearce et al.)  A centrist Republican from ABQ is another matter.  She's actively courting conservative movers/shakers and facing a weak opponent (Lt. Gov. Sanchez; Gov. Martinez is already distancing herself from him and in a relatively showy way).

[TheGlobalizer]

Isn't more of Martinez trying to avoid a conflict of interest rather than favoring Wilson over Sanchez?

What conflict of interest?

FYI, shortly after Sanchez announced, Martinez reduced Sanchez's Lt. Gov. duties to only those duties mandated by the State Constitution.  On conservative radio here, it's being seen as a foregone conclusion that Martinez will, at some point, endorse Wilson, and certainly will not endorse Sanchez.

The knock on Heather is that she is seen as a RINO and has some connections to Bush-era profligacy -- an endorsement from Martinez likely makes a lot of that concern go away (except in the blood red hinterlands).