{"id":3290,"date":"2008-05-28T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-28T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/05\/richardson-endorses-teague-in-cd2-race\/"},"modified":"2008-05-28T11:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-28T17:20:00","slug":"richardson-endorses-teague-in-cd2-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/05\/richardson-endorses-teague-in-cd2-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardson endorses Teague in CD2 race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SD2Uy8jg8eI\/AAAAAAAAF3Y\/TFvSbgHrUns\/s1600-h\/Richardson,+Bill.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SD2Uy8jg8eI\/AAAAAAAAF3Y\/TFvSbgHrUns\/s200\/Richardson,+Bill.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205480347279618530\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/governor.state.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Richardson<\/a> announced today that he is endorsing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harryteagueforcongress08.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Teague<\/a> in the 2nd Congressional District Democratic primary, calling him \u201ca successful businessman and community leader with moderate views who should be able to win the general election.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI worked with Harry Teague to reinvigorate and diversify the economy in <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:placename st=\"on\">Lea<\/st1:placename>  <st1:placetype st=\"on\">County<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>. I know Harry will use that experience to create jobs and represent the mostly rural communities of southern <st1:state st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:state> in Congress,\u201d <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> said today in a news release from the Teague campaign.<\/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\/SD2Up8jg8dI\/AAAAAAAAF3Q\/RJ_BEtIyDZk\/s1600-h\/Teague,+Harry.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SD2Up8jg8dI\/AAAAAAAAF3Q\/RJ_BEtIyDZk\/s200\/Teague,+Harry.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205480192660795858\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Teague said he is \u201cdeeply honored\u201d to have <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s endorsement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI will fight everyday to continue in his tradition of getting real results for <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>,\u201d Teague said. \u201cWhether it be his service as a congressman, cabinet secretary, ambassador or governor, Bill Richardson has a strong record of accomplishment that all Americans should be proud of. I am honored to have him as a friend and to have his support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Update, 1:10 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> spokesman Gilbert Gallegos just sent this unsolicited comment on Teague\u2019s only primary opponent, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billmccamley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill McCamley<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThe decision to endorse was a tough one. The governor fully supports Harry Teague, but he\u2019s also very big on Bill McCamley, who he believes has great potential to be a political leader in the future,\u201d Gallegos said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Bill Richardson announced today that he is endorsing Harry Teague in the 2nd Congressional District Democratic primary, calling him \u201ca successful businessman and community leader with moderate views who should be able to win the general election.\u201d \u201cI worked with Harry Teague to reinvigorate and diversify the economy in Lea County. I know Harry [&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-3290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3290","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=3290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}