{"id":2794,"date":"2008-01-29T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-29T23:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/01\/obama-clinton-unveil-new-n-m-endorsements\/"},"modified":"2008-01-29T17:50:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-29T23:50:00","slug":"obama-clinton-unveil-new-n-m-endorsements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/01\/obama-clinton-unveil-new-n-m-endorsements\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama, Clinton unveil new N.M. endorsements"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A number of elected officials from Do\u00f1a Ana County and around New Mexico endorsed Barack Obama<\/a> today, while the mayors of several New Mexico cities and two other officials announced their backing of Hillary Clinton<\/a> in the Feb. 5 Democratic Caucus. <\/p>\n

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In the battle for city leaders, the Obama campaign announced today the endorsements of Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima<\/a> and Sunland Park Mayor Jesus \u201cRuben\u201d Segura at a news conference in Las Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. Meanwhile, mayors David Coss<\/a> of Santa Fe, Joe Maestas<\/a> of Espa\u00f1ola, Henry Sanchez<\/a> of Las Vegas, Bobby Duran of Taos, Orlando Ortega<\/a> of Portales and Ravi Bhasker<\/a> of Socorro endorsed Clinton during a conference call with reporters today.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Though Clinton<\/st1:city> arguably has more high-profile New Mexico<\/st1:state> endorsements, Obama has a greater number of endorsements from public officials, including the backing of 10 elected officials from Do\u00f1a<\/st1:placename> Ana<\/st1:placename> County<\/st1:placename><\/st1:place>, the second-most-populous county in the state. Clinton<\/st1:city> has the endorsements, at this point, of no one from Do\u00f1a<\/st1:placename> Ana<\/st1:placename> County<\/st1:placename><\/st1:place>.<\/p>\n

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Miyagishima, focusing on electability, said during today\u2019s news conference that Obama is a uniter who can bring together Democrats, Republicans and independents to change America<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSen. Obama can compete and win anywhere, can reach across party lines for the betterment of all Americans,\u201d Miyagishima said.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Coss said during the conference call that Clinton<\/st1:city> has visited Santa Fe<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> many times.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe know of her commitment to our issues that mayors face, and I\u2019m pleased to be endorsing her today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Maestas, who worked in Bill Clinton\u2019s administration, said Hillary Clinton brings \u201creal change with real experience,\u201d and said the nation can\u2019t put its trust in Obama, \u201ca freshman senator,\u201d to get \u201con-the-job training in such uncertain times.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sanchez agreed.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe stands for everything we want. She has substance. She\u2019s been there. She\u2019s dealt with all the problems,\u201d he said of Clinton<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>.<\/p>\n

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A push for Obama in Do\u00f1a<\/st1:placename> Ana<\/st1:placename> County<\/st1:placename><\/st1:place><\/span><\/p>\n

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As for officials from Do\u00f1a Ana County, Miyagishima and Segura were joined today in endorsing Obama by Las Cruces City Councilors Miguel Silva<\/a>, Nathan Small<\/a> and Sharon Thomas<\/a>; Do\u00f1a Ana County Commissioner Dolores Salda\u00f1a-Caviness<\/a>; and state Reps. Nate Cote<\/a> and Jeff Steinborn<\/a> of Las Cruces and Joni Gutierrez<\/a> of Mesilla. Obama was also endorsed by several elected officials from El Paso<\/st1:city> who plan to campaign for Obama in Do\u00f1a<\/st1:placename> Ana<\/st1:placename> County<\/st1:placename><\/st1:place>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe is someone who brings folks together. It\u2019s not important if they\u2019re a Republican or Democrat or independent,\u201d Small said. \u201c\u2026 That\u2019s really where we have to move \u2013 building instead of breaking down.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Texas<\/st1:state> state Rep. Norma Chavez<\/a> of El Paso<\/st1:city>, after endorsing Obama, led the crowd of about 50 people in attendance at the Las Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> news conference in an enthusiastic chant of \u201cS\u00ed se puede (Yes we can)!\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe troops in El Paso<\/st1:city> are going to be forming and organizing this weekend to help you get out the vote in Southern New Mexico<\/st1:place>,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Other endorsements<\/span><\/p>\n

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In a news release, the Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> campaign also announced the endorsement of N.M. Secretary of State Mary Herrera<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI am proud to endorse Hillary Clinton because she has dedicated her life to listening to people and creating real change,\u201d Herrera said. \u201cAs president, Hillary will continue to listen to the voices of working Americans. I trust Hillary to help jumpstart our economy and make a positive difference in people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> also secured the endorsement today of the former president of the Navajo Nation, Peterson Zah, who called the senator \u201ca leader who has the experience to turn this country around.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Obama campaign announced a host of new endorsements that include former Gov. Jerry Apodaca, state Sens. Gerald Ortiz y Pino<\/a> and Dede Feldman<\/a> of Albuquerque and John Grubesic<\/a> of Santa Fe, state Reps. Gail Chasey<\/a> and Daniel Silva<\/a> of Albuquerque, state Insurance Commissioner Mo Chavez, former Indian Affairs Secretary Benny Shendo Jr., Deputy Cultural Affairs Secretary Troy Fernandez, Santa Fe Public Schools Board of Education member Angelica Ruiz, former state Sen. Leonard Tsosie, former Sandia Pueblo Gov. Stuart Paisano, Laguna Pueblo Lt. Gov. Rich Luarkie and former state Rep. Bob Perls of Rio Rancho.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A number of elected officials from Do\u00f1a Ana County and around New Mexico endorsed Barack Obama today, while the mayors of several New Mexico cities and two other officials announced their backing of Hillary Clinton in the Feb. 5 Democratic Caucus. In the battle for city leaders, the Obama campaign announced today the endorsements of […]<\/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-2794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794","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=2794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}