{"id":3288,"date":"2008-05-27T22:32:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-28T04:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/05\/newman-has-to-share-hometown-papers-endorsement\/"},"modified":"2008-05-27T22:32:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-28T04:32:00","slug":"newman-has-to-share-hometown-papers-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/05\/newman-has-to-share-hometown-papers-endorsement\/","title":{"rendered":"Newman has to share hometown paper&#8217;s endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SDzgcMjg8ZI\/AAAAAAAAF2w\/YK7uithkivw\/s1600-h\/Newman,+Monty.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SDzgcMjg8ZI\/AAAAAAAAF2w\/YK7uithkivw\/s200\/Newman,+Monty.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205282044344594834\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Citing concerns about the <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/realtors-spend-another-400k-promoting.html\">$1 million<\/a> the National Association of Realtors has spent to promote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montyforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monty Newman\u2019s<\/a> candidacy, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbsnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hobbs News-Sun<\/a> has decided to give a dual endorsement in the Republican 2nd Congressional District race to Newman and Lincoln County\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edtinsleyforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Tinsley<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The decision is a blow to the campaign of Newman, a former <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Hobbs<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> mayor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWe are concerned about the nearly $1 million being spent by the National Association of Realtors on Newman\u2019s behalf, a significant amount by one special interest group for a single candidate,\u201d the newspaper\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haussamen.com\/HobbsNewsSunEndorsement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Friday editorial<\/a> states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The newspaper did praise Newman for brokering and overseeing the move of City Hall to a new building and for beautification efforts on <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Hobbs<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019 main street. And it pointed out that he\u2019s the only GOP candidate who has held elective office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SDzgcMjg8aI\/AAAAAAAAF24\/3-Q8fImQIGA\/s1600-h\/Tinsley,+Ed.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SDzgcMjg8aI\/AAAAAAAAF24\/3-Q8fImQIGA\/s200\/Tinsley,+Ed.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205282044344594850\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>But the newspaper devoted more space to praising Tinsley, who it said \u201cbrings many qualifications to the job \u2013 the type of candidate with a diverse background and ready to give back. He is direct, thoughtful and prepared for the job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201c\u2026his background gives him an edge on being able to fully represent the entire district compared to the rest of the field,\u201d the newspaper wrote about Tinsley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Tinsley campaign spokesman Christopher Maloney said it is \u201calarming that Mr. Newman\u2019s own hometown paper cites concern over the influence of an outside special-interest group and their massive $1 million expenditure on his behalf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cMr. Tinsley is honored to receive the endorsement of the Hobbs News-Sun,\u201d Maloney said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citing concerns about the $1 million the National Association of Realtors has spent to promote Monty Newman\u2019s candidacy, the Hobbs News-Sun has decided to give a dual endorsement in the Republican 2nd Congressional District race to Newman and Lincoln County\u2019s Ed Tinsley. The decision is a blow to the campaign of Newman, a former Hobbs [&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-3288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3288","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=3288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}