{"id":2647,"date":"2007-12-17T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-17T22:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/12\/adams-moves-so-he-can-switch-congressional-races\/"},"modified":"2007-12-17T16:26:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-17T22:26:00","slug":"adams-moves-so-he-can-switch-congressional-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/12\/adams-moves-so-he-can-switch-congressional-races\/","title":{"rendered":"Adams moves so he can switch congressional races"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R2b3xMTQ6rI\/AAAAAAAAEPg\/FnjOuI4TPyQ\/s1600-h\/Adams,+Jon.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R2b3xMTQ6rI\/AAAAAAAAEPg\/FnjOuI4TPyQ\/s200\/Adams,+Jon.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145072048805046962\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Attorney <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonadamsforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jon Adams<\/a> is pulling out of the race to replace <a href=\"http:\/\/wilson.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heather Wilson<\/a> in Congress, moving to <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Santa Fe<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> and jumping into the race to replace <a href=\"http:\/\/www.udallforusall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Udall<\/a> in Congress.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Democrat confirmed today that he is renting an apartment in <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Santa Fe<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> and is now running for the Third Congressional District seat. The reason Adams switched races is former Albuquerque City Councilor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinheinrich.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Heinrich<\/a>, the frontrunner for the Democratic Party&#8217;s nomination in the First Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI made the decision because Heinrich has significant support on (the party\u2019s state central committee) for the <st1:city st=\"on\">Albuquerque<\/st1:city> seat, while I have significant support in CD3 \u2013 my home, where I grew up, and where I fully understand all the issues,\u201d <st1:place st=\"on\">Adams<\/st1:place> said. \u201cAs someone who first got into politics 10 years ago to help Tom Udall and as a dedicated Udall Democrat, that district is a better fit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Adams, a former assistant attorney general, worked for Udall campaigns in 1998 and 2000 and also worked for Al Gore\u2019s presidential campaign in 2000. In 2002, he was the policy director for Richard Romero\u2019s campaign, and in 2004 he worked as an attorney for the state Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Adams joins Public Regulation Commission Chairman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benrlujan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ben R. Luj\u00e1n<\/a>, 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> in the race for the Democratic Party\u2019s nomination for the congressional seat. One Republican \u2013 Marco E. Gonzales, an attorney who spent 10 years working for U.S. Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/domenici.senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Domenici<\/a> as a defense appropriations specialist \u2013 is running. At least three other Democrats and Republicans are considering running.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Adams<\/st1:place>\u2019 exit from the First Congressional District race leaves teacher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.call4democracy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Call<\/a>, Heinrich and former state Health Secretary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellelujangrishamforcongress.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle Lujan Grisham<\/a> vying for the Democratic Party\u2019s nomination. 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>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney Jon Adams is pulling out of the race to replace Heather Wilson in Congress, moving to Santa Fe and jumping into the race to replace Tom Udall in Congress. The Democrat confirmed today that he is renting an apartment in Santa Fe and is now running for the Third Congressional District seat. The reason [&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-2647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647","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=2647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}