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Jo Alberson  LAS CRUCES - Democrat William P. Soules and
Republican Cathey Jo Alberson are vying for the Senate District
37 seat that is being vacated by Steve Fischmann this year after
he completed his first term in office.  The seat had been held
for several years by Republican Lee Rawson before Fischmann's
victory in 2008.  This will be Alberson's first run for public
office. Soules had served on the Las Cruces School Board from
1993 to 2001. He and other school board members were convicted
for violating the state Open Meetings Law. Soules said he has
learned from that experience, and has a deep respect for open-
government laws.  "Well-meaning people can still run afoul of
the details of the law because of the nuances of it and the
complexity of it," he said. "There are six or seven things that
you're allowed to go into closed session for and things that
you're not allowed to, and trying