In a statement e-mailed to me this afternoon, State Rep. Joseph Cervantes, D-Las Cruces, confirmed that he will seek the position of House majority leader if Rep. Ken Martinez of Grants does not.
Cervantes, who is in Santa Fe, said he met with Speaker of the House Ben Lujan today to tell him that.
“I will begin calling House members, but as a matter of protocol I did not want to do so until after I discussed this with the speaker,” Cervantes wrote.