Jessica Wolfe, a former cabinet aide to Gov. Bill Richardson, announced today that she’s dropping her bid for Congress and will instead run for a state Senate seat this year.
Wolfe had been one of five Democrats seeking to replace Heather Wilson in Congress. She announced at the end of her speech at today’s preprimary nominating convention in Rio Rancho that she was leaving the race. She plans instead to run for the District 21 state Senate seat currently held by Kent Cravens, R-Albuquerque.
Her exit from the race leaves Democrats Martin Heinrich, Michelle Lujan-Grisham, Robert Pidcock and Rebecca Vigil-Giron vying for the support of delegates at today’s convention.
Voting is currently underway at the Democratic convention in Rio Rancho and the GOP convention in