{"id":294,"date":"2006-06-16T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-16T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/06\/ramirez-resignation-creates-difficulty-for-dems\/"},"modified":"2006-06-16T08:05:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-16T14:05:00","slug":"ramirez-resignation-creates-difficulty-for-dems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/06\/ramirez-resignation-creates-difficulty-for-dems\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramirez resignation creates difficulty for Dems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5892\/2386\/1600\/Ramirez,%20Larry.7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5892\/2386\/200\/Ramirez%2C%20Larry.5.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The resignation two weeks ago of former District Judge Larry Ramirez creates an interesting situation for the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for his replacement were due Thursday, and the judicial nominating commission meets Monday to recommend candidates to the governor, who will make an appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Do\u00f1a Ana County Democratic Party meets Tuesday to decide who to place on the ballot for that judgeship in November.<\/p>\n<p>A similar situation existed in 2004. When then-Magistrate Judge Anne Segal lost her primary bid to unseat Ramirez, she resigned her magistrate position and moved to Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson sought advice from State Sen. Mary Jane Garcia, D-Do\u00f1a Ana, who suggested he appoint Maria E. Rodriguez to replace Segal. He did.<\/p>\n<p>Upset that it wasn\u2019t consulted, the county\u2019s Democratic Party revolted. Two days after Rodriguez\u2019s appointment, the party shafted the governor\u2019s pick by selecting Richard Silva to run for the seat in November 2004, giving Rodriguez only a few months on the bench.<\/p>\n<p>It was a huge embarrassment for Richardson, who began reaching out after to that to several other county Democratic leaders before making major decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Sources tell me Democrats are making efforts to avoid a similar situation.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget that the Republicans also get to place someone on the ballot in November. This could become an interesting race. With the problems several local Democratic judges have faced in recent years, voters might opt for a Republican in November, if the party can find a good candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, Republicans didn\u2019t find anyone to run against Jim T. Martin, the only other district judge whose seat is up for grabs this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The resignation two weeks ago of former District Judge Larry Ramirez creates an interesting situation for the Democratic Party. Applications for his replacement were due Thursday, and the judicial nominating commission meets Monday to recommend candidates to the governor, who will make an appointment. Meanwhile, the Do\u00f1a Ana County Democratic Party meets Tuesday to decide [&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-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294","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=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}