{"id":2644,"date":"2007-12-17T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-17T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/12\/arnold-jones-will-seek-re-election-not-congress\/"},"modified":"2007-12-17T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-17T15:20:00","slug":"arnold-jones-will-seek-re-election-not-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/12\/arnold-jones-will-seek-re-election-not-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Arnold-Jones will seek re-election, not Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R2aT-8TQ6oI\/AAAAAAAAEPI\/hkFvD4nfBBY\/s1600-h\/Arnold-Jones,+Janice.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R2aT-8TQ6oI\/AAAAAAAAEPI\/hkFvD4nfBBY\/s200\/Arnold-Jones,+Janice.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144962333865470594\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>State Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicearnoldjones.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Janice Arnold-Jones<\/a>, R-Albuquerque, has decided she won\u2019t run for the First Congressional District seat being vacated by <a href=\"http:\/\/wilson.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heather Wilson<\/a> but will seek re-election next year.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Arnold-Jones made the announcement on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cUltimately, money was the deciding factor,\u201d she wrote in an e-mail. \u201cThe answer to that question \u2013 \u2018Can we raise money?\u2019 \u2013 is yes, and I am grateful and humbled beyond words for the support of so many.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">But the money she raised was apparently not enough. Arnold-Jones had previously sent a letter to potential supporters stating that she needed to raise $200,000 by Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cIf on the morning of December 16, 2007 we have collected $200,000 or more, I will put your check in the bank and become a candidate for Congress,\u201d she wrote in that letter. \u201cIf not, I will return each and every check to its sender and seek re-election to NM House <a href=\"http:\/\/legis.state.nm.us\/lcs\/DistrictMaps\/2002HouseDistricts\/House24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">District 24<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In the e-mail to me, Arnold-Jones confirmed that she will seek re-election. She said she is already preparing for the 30-day session that begins in January and is looking forward to introducing a bill that will seek to improve math, science and engineering education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Arnold-Jones called it \u201can honor and a privilege to serve House District 24 and the State of <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New   Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Republicans running for the congressional seat are state Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senatorcarraro.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Carraro<\/a> and Bernalillo County Sheriff <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darrenwhiteforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Darren White<\/a>. On the Democratic side, the candidates are attorney <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonadamsforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jon Adams<\/a>, teacher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.call4democracy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Call<\/a>, former Albuquerque City Councilor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinheinrich.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Heinrich<\/a> and former state Health Secretary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellelujangrishamforcongress.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle Lujan Grisham<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones, R-Albuquerque, has decided she won\u2019t run for the First Congressional District seat being vacated by Heather Wilson but will seek re-election next year. Arnold-Jones made the announcement on Sunday. \u201cUltimately, money was the deciding factor,\u201d she wrote in an e-mail. \u201cThe answer to that question \u2013 \u2018Can we raise money?\u2019 \u2013 [&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-2644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644","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=2644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}