{"id":2752,"date":"2008-01-17T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-17T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/01\/chavez-joins-denish-in-endorsing-clinton\/"},"modified":"2008-01-17T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-17T17:30:00","slug":"chavez-joins-denish-in-endorsing-clinton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/01\/chavez-joins-denish-in-endorsing-clinton\/","title":{"rendered":"Ch\u00e1vez joins Denish in endorsing Clinton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R4-REcTQ9GI\/AAAAAAAAEi8\/6nN8SxstNsA\/s1600-h\/Chavez,+Martin.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R4-REcTQ9GI\/AAAAAAAAEi8\/6nN8SxstNsA\/s200\/Chavez,+Martin.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156499603865007202\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Albuquerque Mayor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabq.gov\/mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Ch\u00e1vez<\/a> has joined Lt. Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ltgovernor.state.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Diane Denish<\/a> in endorsing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryclinton.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hillary Clinton\u2019s<\/a> presidential bid.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Meanwhile, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barackobama.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama<\/a> has become the first presidential candidate to open a campaign office in <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Las Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. It\u2019s located at <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;time=&amp;date=&amp;ttype=&amp;q=212+west+hadley+avenue,+las+cruces&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=40.59616,61.259766&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=32.312833,-106.781487&amp;spn=0.010609,0.014956&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=addr&amp;om=0\" target=\"_blank\">212 West Hadley Ave.<\/a> The Obama campaign also has an office in Albuquerque and is expected to open one in Santa Fe in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R4-RE8TQ9HI\/AAAAAAAAEjE\/5Hppke3QT60\/s1600-h\/Clinton,+Hillary.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R4-RE8TQ9HI\/AAAAAAAAEjE\/5Hppke3QT60\/s200\/Clinton,+Hillary.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156499612454941810\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><st1:city st=\"on\">Clinton<\/st1:city>\u2019s campaign says it will soon open an office in <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Al<\/st1:place><\/st1:city><st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">buquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> \u2013 its first in the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s endorsement was announced today in a news release from the <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:city st=\"on\">Clinton<\/st1:city><\/st1:place> campaign, and comes less than three weeks before New Mexico Democrats will caucus on Feb. 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201c<st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> is ready for change, and I know Hilary Clinton is ready to lead on day one,\u201d Ch\u00e1vez said. \u201cI am proud to support her because I believe she will be the best president for <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> and the working families that make this country great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Ch\u00e1vez also touted <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s \u201c35-year record of delivering results\u201d and said the nation needs \u201cstrong, experienced leadership we can depend on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> thanked the mayor for his support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cMartin is a long-time, loyal friend and I am honored to have had his early and committed support,\u201d <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> said in the release. \u201cHis support is not just expressed through words \u2013 he has a record of getting things done.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albuquerque Mayor Martin Ch\u00e1vez has joined Lt. Gov. Diane Denish in endorsing Hillary Clinton\u2019s presidential bid. Meanwhile, Barack Obama has become the first presidential candidate to open a campaign office in Las Cruces. It\u2019s located at 212 West Hadley Ave. The Obama campaign also has an office in Albuquerque and is expected to open one [&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-2752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752","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=2752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}