GOP US House candidate fixes campaign report over donation

  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A Republican candidate in a closely watched U.S. House race in Southern New Mexico has amended a campaign finance report after receiving a donation credited to a woman who had died. Yvette Herrell’s campaign says the $2,800 donation from Joanne Harvard in June was due to a software glitch after her son and widowed husband also donated. Harvard died in April 2017. Her son, Jeff Harvard of the Harvard Petroleum Company, said it was his fault and not done on purpose. The campaign later attributed to the correct family member. Herrell is locked in a tight race with Democratic U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small.