{"id":2081,"date":"2007-08-09T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-09T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/08\/heinrich-announces-high-profile-endorsements\/"},"modified":"2007-08-09T07:47:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-09T13:47:00","slug":"heinrich-announces-high-profile-endorsements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/08\/heinrich-announces-high-profile-endorsements\/","title":{"rendered":"Heinrich announces high-profile endorsements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/RrsbUkuF4RI\/AAAAAAAADEs\/k7o_A9Fgje0\/s1600-h\/Heinrich,+Martin.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/RrsbUkuF4RI\/AAAAAAAADEs\/k7o_A9Fgje0\/s200\/Heinrich,+Martin.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096697443568181522\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Albuquerque City Councilor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinheinrich.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Heinrich<\/a>, the frontrunner among three Democrats seeking the right to take on U.S. Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/wilson.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heather Wilson<\/a>, R-N.M., next year, has announced a number of high-profile endorsements of his candidacy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The list of visible Democrats includes state Sens. <a href=\"http:\/\/legis.state.nm.us\/lcs\/legdetails.asp?Name=309&#038;Submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\">Gerald Ortiz y Pino<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/legis.state.nm.us\/lcs\/legdetails.asp?Name=275&amp;Submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\">Cisco McSorley<\/a>; state Reps. <a href=\"http:\/\/legis.state.nm.us\/lcs\/legdetails.asp?Name=319&#038;Submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\">Antonio \u201cMoe\u201d Maestas<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/legis.state.nm.us\/lcs\/legdetails.asp?Name=229&amp;Submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\">Mimi Stewart<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/legis.state.nm.us\/lcs\/legdetails.asp?Name=181&#038;Submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\">Gail Chasey<\/a>; Albuquerque City Councilors <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabq.gov\/council\/ccdist2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Debbie O\u2019Malley<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabq.gov\/council\/ccdist5.html\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Cadigan<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabq.gov\/council\/ccdist3.html\" target=\"_blank\">Isaac Benton<\/a>; and Public Regulation Commission Vice Chair <a href=\"http:\/\/nmprc.state.nm.us\/commissioner1.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Marks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The endorsements were announced at a news conference Wednesday in <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Albuquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI am truly humbled to have the support of these outstanding public officials, all of whom I have admired for their devotion to making central <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> a better place to live, work and raise our children,\u201d Heinrich said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cMartin Heinrich has worked hard to protect our neighborhoods by limiting sales of over-the-counter medications used to manufacture methamphetamine, setting standards for problem motels and vacant buildings, preventing graffiti, regulating liquor sales and more,\u201d Stewart said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cMartin will go to <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> and fight for our priorities,\u201d Ortiz y Pino said. \u201cHeather Wilson\u2019s ethical scandals have placed a cloud over our district, and one of Martin\u2019s top priorities is to bring accountability and honor back to the 1st Congressional District of New Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Two other Democrats \u2013 party <span  lang=\"EN\" style=\"color:black;\">insider Bryon Paez and attorney Jon Adams \u2013 have entered the contest, but Heinrich raised $181,000 during the second quarter of the year, leaving them behind in the money race. The endorsements are clearly timed to discourage any others considering getting into the race and make it hard for Paez and Adams to raise cash.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albuquerque City Councilor Martin Heinrich, the frontrunner among three Democrats seeking the right to take on U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., next year, has announced a number of high-profile endorsements of his candidacy. The list of visible Democrats includes state Sens. Gerald Ortiz y Pino and Cisco McSorley; state Reps. Antonio \u201cMoe\u201d Maestas, Mimi Stewart [&hellip;]<\/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-2081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081","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=2081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}