{"id":17325,"date":"2010-05-15T07:57:25","date_gmt":"2010-05-15T13:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=17325"},"modified":"2010-05-16T08:21:07","modified_gmt":"2010-05-16T14:21:07","slug":"palin-visiting-nm-sunday-to-endorse-martinez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2010\/05\/palin-visiting-nm-sunday-to-endorse-martinez\/","title":{"rendered":"Palin visiting NM Sunday to endorse Martinez"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Palin, shown here speaking at a rally for John McCain in Roswell in October 2008. (Photo by Heath Haussamen)<\/p><\/div>\n

Sarah Palin<\/a>, the former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate, will endorse Susana Martinez<\/a> in New Mexico\u2019s gubernatorial race Sunday at a rally in Albuquerque.<\/p>\n

The rally with Palin and Martinez begins at 9 a.m. on Sunday. It\u2019s being held in the Grand Ballroom at the Albuquerque Marriott, 2101 Louisiana Boulevard NE<\/a>, a source with knowledge of the event confirmed. The event is open to the public, and tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis by calling (800) 460-7245.<\/p>\n

Martinez is in a five-way Republican primary battle.\u00a0 Many analysts believe the race is down to Martinez and Allen Weh<\/a>, who has been able to outspend Martinez nearly 3-1 because he\u2019s pumped $1 million of his own money into his campaign. Martinez, however, has raised more money from individual donors than Weh or any other candidate in the race.<\/p>\n

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Susana Martinez<\/p><\/div>\n

Palin\u2019s endorsement is sure to get Martinez a great deal of free media attention and boost her standing with some conservative GOP voters. At least 10,000 people showed up when Palin held a rally<\/a> for John McCain in Roswell in October 2008.<\/p>\n

However, the endorsement from the controversial politician could have the opposite effect in the general election \u2013 if Martinez makes it that far. In New Mexico, a Republican has to secure the votes of moderate independents and Democrats to win a statewide race.<\/p>\n

Palin has made some high-profile endorsements of female candidates in GOP primary races lately, including that of former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina<\/a> in a U.S. Senate primary in California.<\/p>\n

As Politico reported Friday<\/a>, Palin\u2019s \u201cpolitical portfolio for the midterm election is beginning to take shape, and the races that interest her appear to share a similar trait – for the most part, they involve a woman on one side of the ballot or the other.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAlready\u00a0she\u2019s embraced a handful of conservative Republican women in House, Senate and governor\u2019s races across the country, delivering more than just her endorsement – she\u2019s campaigned with them and donated to their campaigns as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, Politico reported, Palin has targeted Democratic women for defeat in some races across the country.<\/p>\n

Palin calls herself a feminist<\/a>. Politico reported that she recently spoke of a \u201cnew conservative feminist movement\u201d and said she feels \u201ca connection to that tough, gun totin\u2019 pioneer feminism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martinez, Dona Ana County\u2019s district attorney, has used her record as a crime fighter to launch her gubernatorial campaign. She\u2019s apparently just the kind of candidate Palin is looking to help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate, will endorse Susana Martinez in New Mexico\u2019s gubernatorial race Sunday at a rally in Albuquerque.<\/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":[108,107,116],"class_list":["post-17325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","category-uncategorized","tag-2010-election","tag-roundhouse","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17325","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=17325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}