David Clements, a Republican candidate for Senate in New Mexico appears to have plagiarized several of his campaign's "on the issues" pages directly from Republican Michigan Rep. Justin Amash. In some instances, the order of the sentences is changed, but most often it's a direct copy-and-paste job.

Clements and Allen Weh, an Albuquerque businessman, are both on the June 3 Republican primary ballot. Clements trailed Weh by 6%, 53-47, in votes among party delegates at a March convention to appear on the June ballot.

Clements trails incumbent Democratic Sen. Tom Udall, 55-33 according to a March Public Policy Polling poll.

BuzzFeed reported Thursday that Dr. Greg Brannon, a leading Republican candidate for the nomination to take on incumbent Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan in North Carolina, also plagiarized his "on the issues" page from Amash.

"Our stance on the issues will always be close to liberty-minded conservatives like Justin Amash," Isaac Kight, Clements' campaign manager told BuzzFeed. "We won't apologize for our position on any issue, but we regret any actions taken resulting in closely related content between our website and that of Congressman Amash."