{"id":38652,"date":"2012-04-04T06:48:46","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T12:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=38652"},"modified":"2012-04-05T07:10:01","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T13:10:01","slug":"adair-changes-mind-wont-seek-re-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2012\/04\/adair-changes-mind-wont-seek-re-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Adair changes mind, won\u2019t seek re-election"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sen.<\/a>

Sen. Rod Adair, R-Roswell<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018It\u2019s clear to me that I can have a greater impact trying to help create a Republican majority rather than trying to be a part of it,\u2019 senator says.<\/h4>\n

Longtime State Sen. Rod Adair<\/a> announced Tuesday that, rather than running against another GOP incumbent in a primary, he will not seek re-election this year.<\/p>\n

The shift for the Roswell Republican came two weeks after he filed to seek another term. Adair, a campaign consultant and demographer, said the GOP has \u201cthe greatest opportunity we\u2019ve ever had to\u00a0free the state from more than 80 years of Democrat domination in\u00a0the\u00a0Legislature,\u201d and he can better help that happen by working on other campaigns than his own.<\/p>\n

\u201cRepublicans have fielded more candidates in more competitive districts than ever before,\u201d Adair said. \u201cNow is the time to try to effect change. I\u00a0have determined that I can be of better service to my community and our state by concentrating my efforts\u00a0on helping these campaigns be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n

His decision leaves Republican Bill Burt<\/a> of Alamogordo, the other incumbent, without a primary challenge. Burt will face Democrat Stephanie DuBois of Tularosa in November.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s redistricting put Burt and Adair in the same district, forcing the two to run against one another in a primary unless one stepped aside.<\/p>\n

Adair has represented District 33 since 1997. He has been a strong backer of Gov. Susana Martinez<\/a> and managed Secretary of State Dianna Duran\u2019s<\/a> 2010 campaign.<\/p>\n

Adair noted that his decision to not seek re-election means no incumbent Republican senator will face a primary, which he said would \u201cconserve resources and create a focused and united Republican effort as we move to the general election.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJust as was the case in the redistricting negotiations, it\u2019s clear to me that I can have a greater impact trying to help create a Republican majority rather than trying to be a part of it,\u201d Adair said. \u201cIt\u2019s an easy choice to make.\u201d<\/p>\n

The legislative shuffle<\/h3>\n

In all, 21 state legislators aren\u2019t seeking re-election this year \u2013 12 House members and nine senators. Nine lawmakers are giving up their seats to run for other positions. Several House members are running for Senate seats.<\/p>\n

In addition, redistricting means one other lawmaker won\u2019t be back next year. There\u2019s another district in which legislative incumbents are running against each other in a primary.<\/p>\n

And the 2012 exodus from the Legislature may not be over. At least seven legislative incumbents and several other candidates\u00a0left the district number off their nominating petitions<\/a>, though state law says failure to include that information will make those petitions invalid. The candidacies of several are being challenged in court<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Longtime State Sen. Rod Adair announced Tuesday that, rather than running against another GOP incumbent in a primary, he will not seek re-election this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[156,107],"class_list":["post-38652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-2012-election","tag-roundhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38652","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=38652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}