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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
(Updated) Get Your Scorecard: U.S. Senate and House Races in New Mexico
Have you ever felt such powerful, crackling, constantly changing political lightning flashing all over New Mexico? To say the situation has been fast-paced and fluid since Sen. Domenici announced his retirement would be a huge understatement. The phone companies must be making a bundle on the traffic being generated by all the speculating, negotiating, analyzing, strategizing, gossiping and bitching that been going on every political level in all parts of the state. So where do we stand right now? Here's a basic scorecard (UPDATED 10.12.07):
U.S. SENATE RACE
DEMOCRATS:
IN: Santa Fe sustainable developer Don Wiviott; Albuquerque Mayor Marty Chavez; Santa Fe Community Housing Trust Finance Director Jim Hannan; Santa Fe publisher Leland Lehrman
OUT: Gov. Bill Richardson; Rep. Tom Udall (NM-03)
STILL PONDERING: Lt. Gov. Diane Denish; former Attorney General Patricia Madrid
REPUBLICANS:
IN: Rep. Heather Wilson (NM-01); Roswell oilman Spiro Vassilopoulos
LAUNCHED EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE: Rep. Steve Pearce (NM-02)
STILL PONDERING: NM Land Commissioner Pat Lyons
U.S. HOUSE NM-01
DEMOCRATS:
IN: Albuquerque City Councilor Martin Heinrich; Attorney Jon Adams; former Secretary of NM Department of Public Health Michelle Lujan Grisham
OUT: State Rep. Al Park; State Treasurer James Lewis; former Attorney General Patricia Madrid
STILL PONDERING: ?
REPUBLICANS:
IN: Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White
STILL PONDERING: State Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones; State Sen. Mark Boitano; State Sen. John Ryan; State Senator Joe Carraro
U.S HOUSE NM-02
DEMOCRATS:
IN: Dona Ana County Commissioner Bill McCamley; Minister Al Kissling
STILL PONDERING: State Rep. Joseph Cervantes
REPUBLICANS:
UNKNOWN: Current Rep. Steve Pearce (may run for U.S. Senate)
MAY BE PONDERING: K-Bob's Steakhouse owner Ed Tinsley; Roswell State Rep. Dan Foley
U.S. HOUSE NM-03
DEMOCRATS:
IN: Current Rep. Tom Udall (considered a shoe-in)
REPUBLICANS:
IN: No names being floated yet
Check our archives for previous posts on these races:
October 10, 2007 at 03:39 PM in 2008 NM Senate Race, NM-01 Congressional Seat 2008, NM-02 Congressional Race 2008, NM-03 Congressional Seat 2008 | Permalink
Comments
Under NM-01...James Lwwis is actualy the Treasurer, not auditor. Your Welcome.
Posted by: | Oct 10, 2007 9:17:58 PM
For the 1st district, it is Sen. Mark Boitano, not Brian Boitano, although that would make for an interesting story.
Posted by: GC | Oct 10, 2007 9:41:24 PM
State Sen. John Ryan (R) is also considering the C.D.1 seat
Posted by: guy | Oct 11, 2007 12:18:41 AM
No word from Jeff Steinborn in NM-3?
Posted by: Rodney | Oct 11, 2007 7:47:07 AM
I just threw those errors in to see if you were paying attention!
OK, I'll admit it, I was typing too fast and not checking it twice before I posted and went on to other things. Thanks for the heads up on the needed corrections.
I will add Sen. Ryan to the CD-1 maybes, although I haven't heard from anywhere else that he's contemplating a run.
Jeff Steinborn is a state rep. in CD-2 in Las Cruces, not CD-3 up north, but I wouldn't be surprised if he entered the race if Pearce runs for Senate. By all accounts he's doing a good job at the legislature and I think he'd be a strong candidate.
Posted by: | Oct 11, 2007 8:38:50 AM
