{"id":2624,"date":"2007-12-10T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-10T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/12\/solano-to-run-for-lieutenant-governor-not-congress\/"},"modified":"2007-12-10T16:04:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-10T22:04:00","slug":"solano-to-run-for-lieutenant-governor-not-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/12\/solano-to-run-for-lieutenant-governor-not-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Solano to run for lieutenant governor, not Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R124e7F270I\/AAAAAAAAEMA\/zyUUBollczw\/s1600-h\/Solano,+Greg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R124e7F270I\/AAAAAAAAEMA\/zyUUBollczw\/s200\/Solano,+Greg.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142469190924824386\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Santa Fe County Sheriff <a href=\"http:\/\/solanoltgov.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Solano<\/a> announced today that he won\u2019t run for the Third Congressional District seat being vacated by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.udallforusall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Udall<\/a>, opting instead to continue his 2010 campaign for lieutenant governor.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cMy family, supporters and I have weighed the issues and the races of lieutenant governor and the House seat, and have decided the place where I can best serve the citizens of <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New   Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> is in the lieutenant governor\u2019s race,\u201d Solano said in a news release. \u201cIt was very humbling to be asked by citizens and my peers to consider the (House) run and I am very thankful for the support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Solano said he is confident a Democrat will win the House seat, and he urged New Mexicans to \u201cmake real changes in <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> by electing Democrats for president and into all of the congressional races. We must turn away from those who have supported President Bush\u2019s failed policies and wars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Democrats who have entered the House race are Santa Fe County Commissioner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montoyaforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harry B. Montoya<\/a>, state Indian Affairs Secretary Benny Shendo Jr. and <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:city st=\"on\">Santa Fe<\/st1:city><\/st1:place> green builder <a href=\"http:\/\/donfornewmexico.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Don Wiviott<\/a>. Attorney Marco E. Gonzales is the only Republican who has entered the race. Several other Democrats and Republicans are considering running.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano announced today that he won\u2019t run for the Third Congressional District seat being vacated by Tom Udall, opting instead to continue his 2010 campaign for lieutenant governor. \u201cMy family, supporters and I have weighed the issues and the races of lieutenant governor and the House seat, and have decided [&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-2624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624","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=2624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}