{"id":2387,"date":"2007-10-16T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-16T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/10\/madrid-wont-seek-senate-may-consider-house-run\/"},"modified":"2007-10-16T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-16T20:30:00","slug":"madrid-wont-seek-senate-may-consider-house-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/10\/madrid-wont-seek-senate-may-consider-house-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Madrid won’t seek Senate, may consider House run"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Former state Attorney General Patricia Madrid<\/a> has decided against running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Pete Domenici<\/a>, but there may be a chance she will run for the First Congressional District House seat she unsuccessfully sought last year. <\/p>\n

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Madrid<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> said in an interview that she decided a contested Senate primary \u201cwill not be good for the Democratic ticket, particularly if I\u2019m running against Mayor (Martin) Ch\u00e1vez<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cHe and I have much the same support statewide, and even if the race were friendly and amicable, it still would be competitive, and I would not want to compromise the Democrats\u2019 chances of winning the seat,\u201d Madrid<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> said.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Her decision follows a weekend trip to Las Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> to discuss the situation with her family.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ch\u00e1vez is the only top-tier Democrat in the race, but Lt. Gov. Diane Denish<\/a> is considering it, and political newcomers <\/span>Don Wiviott<\/a>, Jim Hannan<\/a> and Leland Lehrman<\/a> are also running.<\/p>\n

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On the Republican side, U.S. Reps. Heather Wilson<\/a> and Steve Pearce<\/a> and newcomer Spiro G. Vassilopoulos<\/a> are running.<\/p>\n

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Madrid<\/st1:state> lost to Wilson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> by 861 votes out of more than 211,000 last year in the House race. Wilson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s entrance into the Senate race means her House seat is open. Asked if she\u2019s considering running for that seat, Madrid<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> said, \u201cI can\u2019t say at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think people in Washington<\/st1:state> are considering it for me,\u201d Madrid<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> said. \u201cBut I only make one decision at a time.\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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On the Democratic side, attorney Jon Adams<\/a>, Albuquerque City Councilor Martin Heinrich<\/a> and former state Health Secretary Michelle Lujan Grisham<\/a> are running for the House seat. On the Republican side, Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White<\/a> is the only announced candidate. Other Democrats and Republicans are considering the race.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Madrid<\/span><\/st1:state> said she is \u201cconcerned that New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> has some Democratic representation, not only in the Senate but also in the House. I am very concerned about putting the strongest candidate forward for Democrats. But that\u2019s not to say I\u2019m running.\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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As she did when I asked earlier this month whether she would run for Senate, Madrid pointed out when asked about the House race that she is \u201cimmensely\u201d enjoying her job as a consultant for a powerhouse Washington law firm.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former state Attorney General Patricia Madrid has decided against running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Pete Domenici, but there may be a chance she will run for the First Congressional District House seat she unsuccessfully sought last year. Madrid said in an interview that she decided a contested Senate primary \u201cwill not […]<\/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-2387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387","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=2387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}