{"id":16598,"date":"2010-04-28T08:19:13","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T14:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=16598"},"modified":"2010-04-28T08:19:14","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T14:19:14","slug":"cabinet-secretaries-joining-rael-for-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2010\/04\/cabinet-secretaries-joining-rael-for-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet secretaries joining Rael for fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7258\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignright\" style=\"max-width: 270px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7258 \" title=\"Rael\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Rael-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Rael-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Rael.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lawrence Rael (Photo by Heath Haussamen)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A number of Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/governor.state.nm.us\/\">Bill Richardson\u2019s<\/a> top cabinet secretaries are joining Lt. Gov. candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rael2010.org\/\">Lawrence Rael<\/a> for a campaign fundraiser on May 11, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/news\/state\/2806314760newsstate04-28-10.htm\">Albuquerque Journal<\/a> is reporting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sec.nmdfa.state.nm.us\/content.asp?CustComKey=198218&amp;CategoryKey=198260&amp;pn=Page&amp;DomName=sec.nmdfa.state.nm.us\">Katherine Miller<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/corrections.state.nm.us\/secretary.html\">Joe Williams<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvs.state.nm.us\/cab-secretary.html\">John Garcia<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emnrd.state.nm.us\/Main\/Administration\/SecretaryBiography.htm\">Jon Goldstein<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tax.state.nm.us\/oos\/oos_home.htm\">Rick Homans<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmenv.state.nm.us\/Oots\/\">Ron Curry<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dws.state.nm.us\/dws-KOrtiz.html\">Ken Ortiz<\/a> are those attending. That shouldn\u2019t be interpreted as Richardson supporting Rael, a spokesman told the Journal, but he said the governor \u201chas a high regard for Lawrence Rael.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The secretaries\u2019 involvement in the fundraiser is interesting because one of Rael\u2019s opponents, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electcolon.com\/\">Brian Col\u00f3n<\/a>, is the candidate in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor who is most commonly associated with Richardson. Col\u00f3n chaired the state Democratic Party during much of Richardson\u2019s tenure and was involved in a nonprofit foundation Richardson started.<\/p>\n<p>As Republicans aim to tie the Democrats\u2019 candidate for governor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dianedenish.com\/\">Diane Denish<\/a>, to Richardson and his scandal-plagued tenure, some have said making Col\u00f3n her running mate might hurt Denish\u2019s chances. Does the fact that so many Richardson cabinet secretaries are helping Rael raise money mean Republicans can now tie Rael to Richardson?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of Gov. Bill Richardson\u2019s top cabinet secretaries are joining Lt. Gov. candidate Lawrence Rael for a campaign fundraiser on May 11, the Albuquerque Journal is reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[108,112,107],"class_list":["post-16598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","category-uncategorized","tag-2010-election","tag-bill-richardson","tag-roundhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16598","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=16598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}