{"id":1440,"date":"2007-03-20T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-20T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/03\/richardson-returns-from-trip-to-texas-and-oklahoma\/"},"modified":"2007-03-20T11:11:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-20T17:11:00","slug":"richardson-returns-from-trip-to-texas-and-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/03\/richardson-returns-from-trip-to-texas-and-oklahoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardson returns from trip to Texas and Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gov. Bill Richardson<\/a> is back in New Mexico<\/st1:State> today after a trip to Oklahoma<\/st1:State> and Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> on Sunday and Monday.<\/p>\n

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While in Oklahoma<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, he named Jim East, an experienced political operative, businessman and former journalist as his campaign\u2019s statewide director.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI am supporting Bill Richardson for president because he has the proven record of balancing budgets, improving schools, and addressing our energy concerns here at home,\u201d East said in a news release. \u201cI am excited about joining the Richardson<\/st1:City> team and I look forward to working with the voters of Oklahoma<\/st1:State> to build support for Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> across the state.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While in Texas<\/st1:State>, Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> was honored in a resolution by the Texas Legislature for his years of public service.<\/p>\n

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\u201cGovernor Richardson is commendable for his public service to his state and to the entire nation,\u201d Texas Rep. Gonzalez Toureilles said in a news release. \u201cWe are proud to call him our neighbor and to welcome him to Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI am deeply humbled to be honored by such a large and diverse body of members,\u201d Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> said. \u201cNew Mexico<\/st1:State> shares a great deal with out Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> neighbors in history, culture and our Western values and traditions. I applaud the Texas Legislature for the work they do on behalf of their citizens, and I thank them for this honor, which I will always treasure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richardson<\/st1:City> also said, during his visit to Austin<\/st1:City>, that he would meet with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as part of his Latin American plan, and would also meet with the leaders of Iran<\/st1:country-region> and Syria<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>. He also said he opposes a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n

Richardson<\/st1:City> attended fundraisers in Oklahoma City<\/st1:City>, Abilene<\/st1:City>, Dallas<\/st1:City> and San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. His campaign\u2019s first federal reporting deadline is only about two weeks away, and we\u2019ll have a good idea then of how he\u2019s measuring up.<\/p>\n

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Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> had a busy two days. He says he didn\u2019t call the Legislature back the moment it adjourned on Saturday so that lawmakers could have some time to rest. But the time he gave them also happened to coincide perfectly with his previously planned presidential campaign trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gov. Bill Richardson is back in New Mexico today after a trip to Oklahoma and Texas on Sunday and Monday. While in Oklahoma, he named Jim East, an experienced political operative, businessman and former journalist as his campaign\u2019s statewide director. \u201cI am supporting Bill Richardson for president because he has the proven record of balancing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}