My Personal Endorsements

As Promised a copy and paste from the email I sent out a couple days ago...

So as usual Im reminding all folks to get out and vote this next Tuesday, if not before. This election is incredibly important especially for us Democrats. There are a number of contested primaries and and I'll just go ahead and list those along with my personal endorsements and reasons for supporting these candidates.

The US Senate race is open on the Democratic Primary, Jeff Bingaman has been pretty decent on a lot of issues, but it might not hurt to remind him is liberal base of supporters are watching him.

The US congressional races statewide are safe primaries, Patricia Madrid, Al Kissling, and Tom Udall are all running in unopposed primaries.

Governor and Lt governor are also running in unopposed Primaries. Bill Richardson and Diane Denish are doing a fabulous job and we need to be sure to keep them in November.

The contested races are further down on the ticket and no less important to be attentive to:

Attorney General: This office is the lead prosecutor into he state of New Mexico, and defends the State of NM laws on a federal level. My pick for the race is Geno Zamora http://www.geno2006.com/Geno was assistant Attorney General to Tom Udall and chief Legal Counsel to the Governor Richardson/Denish Administration.

Secretary of State: There are four women running in this Primary and they are all good candidates. I am personally supporting Shirley Hooper for Secretary of State. She was a former Secretary of State, and has the experience to do the job. My friend, current Secretary of State, Rebecca Vigil-Giron has started a great number of programs that have increased voter turnout, and I believe Shirley is the best candidate to keep up this important work...

State Auditor: This office audits the State Agencies, and contractors who work for the state. The primary is contested, and the two candidates running are Jeff Armijo and Tom buckner. I have to make a pitch for Jeff as a great guy whom I enjoy greatly. But Tom is an auditor, has been for many years, and really knows how to do the job. Jeff isn't an auditor and doesn't have the experience for the job.
Land commissioner: There are two former Land Commissioners running in this primary both fully qualified to do the job. The Thing about the Land Commissioners office is that you have to be able to work with the Oil and Gas industry as well as Enviros to accomplish the betterment of the state. Powell was not able to bridge these two interests together when he was in the office the first time and I don\'t think he will be able to this time either. Jim Baca is going to be great as land commissioner and is the guy to take down the Republican Pat Lyons...

Other races include the

PRC:Depending on your district the candidates in the primary to support are:

Stephanie DuBois

Shirley Baca

Derrith Watchman-Moore

Other races to watch are county-wide

Here in Bernalillo

Moises Gallegos County Accessor

Rachel Al Yasar for judge

Loretta naranjo-Lopez County Commission

around the state there are multiple contested primaries for legislative seats. Email me your State House district and I'll let you know who the most progressive canddiate in that race is going to be!\n \nwww.sos.state.nm.us is where you can find a list of County Clerks, Early Voting is open until Saturday at the county clerk of your hometown's office!

Thank you and please don\'t forget to vote, Geno, Jim, Shirley, Tom, and the list keeps going!!