{"id":2851,"date":"2008-02-08T14:44:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-08T20:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/02\/domenici-staffer-decides-he-wont-run-for-congress\/"},"modified":"2008-02-08T14:44:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-08T20:44:00","slug":"domenici-staffer-decides-he-wont-run-for-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/02\/domenici-staffer-decides-he-wont-run-for-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Domenici staffer decides he won&#8217;t run for Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Clint Chandler, a <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Las   Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> staffer for U.S. Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/domenici.senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Domenici<\/a>, has decided he won\u2019t seek the Congressional seat being vacated by <a href=\"http:\/\/pearce.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Pearce<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI have concluded the time demands required to conduct an effective campaign would place too many strains on my family,\u201d he said. \u201cMy children are aged six and nine, and I prefer to invest in them the time I would otherwise spend chasing dollars around the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Chandler<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> said the decision was difficult because \u201cseveral current officeholders\u201d he did not name \u201chad committed to endorse me, and many other electeds and party activists and strongly encouraged me to make the run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cTheir confidence has been humbling and very much appreciated. I\u2019ll long remember the kindness and generosity I encountered while I traveled to various parts of the district late last year,\u201d he said. \u201cI believe public service is a high calling, and perhaps I will pursue a similar course in the future. I\u2019m still a thirtysomething, and I may yet encounter other opportunities to serve in the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The GOP candidates who have declared their candidacies are former Bernalillo County GOP Executive Director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imbackingbob.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Cornelius<\/a>, rancher and retired banker <a href=\"http:\/\/aubreydunn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aubrey L. Dunn Jr.<\/a>, former Sierra County GOP Chair <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earlgreer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">C. Earl Greer<\/a>, former state Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrymarquardt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Terry Marquardt<\/a>, Hobbs Mayor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.why08.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monty Newman<\/a>, Las Cruces daycare center owner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shortbaldhonest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Sowards<\/a> and restaurant-chain owner and rancher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edtinsleyforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Tinsley<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clint Chandler, a Las Cruces staffer for U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, has decided he won\u2019t seek the Congressional seat being vacated by Steve Pearce. \u201cI have concluded the time demands required to conduct an effective campaign would place too many strains on my family,\u201d he said. \u201cMy children are aged six and nine, and I [&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-2851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851","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=2851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}