Domenici has two lesser-known challengers

In the absence of a prominent Democrat stepping forward to take on U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., next year, two lesser-known candidates have announced that they’re running.

I reported Tuesday about Jim Hannan’s candidacy. I neglected to tell you about that of Leland Lehrman. Thanks to the Albuquerque Tribune for reporting on him today.

Lehrman, a Web designer who raises goats and chickens in Lamy, edits the New Mexico Sun-News, an alternative paper in Northern New Mexico. He also publishes the online newsletter Mother Media.

He lists an extensive platform on Mother Media that includes ending the war in Iraq, impeaching the president and vice president, repealing the Patriot Act and dismantling the Homeland Security Department. He wants to repeal the North American Free Trade Agreement, end funding for nuclear weapons and replace it with a focus on renewable energy, institute universal health care, expand the propensity of organic food and farming, publicly finance elections and limit media monopolies.

Lehrman hasn’t yet filed a declaration of candidacy or any finance reports with the Federal Election Commission.