{"id":4002,"date":"2008-11-20T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-20T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/11\/the-first-meeting-of-the-true-blue-delegation\/"},"modified":"2008-11-20T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-20T16:30:00","slug":"the-first-meeting-of-the-true-blue-delegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/11\/the-first-meeting-of-the-true-blue-delegation\/","title":{"rendered":"The first meeting of the true blue delegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SST1TcfDViI\/AAAAAAAAJYM\/uVlfZzrzNV0\/s1600-h\/1119.Delegation.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 420px; height: 206px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SST1TcfDViI\/AAAAAAAAJYM\/uVlfZzrzNV0\/s800\/1119.Delegation.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270607178343077410\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, this is the first photograph of the new \u201ctrue blue\u201d New Mexico congressional delegation. From left to right, the members are 3rd District Rep.-elect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benrlujan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n<\/a>, 1st District Rep.-elect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinheinrich.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Heinrich<\/a>, U.S. Sen.-elect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomudall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Udall<\/a>, 2nd District Rep.-elect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harryforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Teague<\/a> and Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/bingaman.senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Bingaman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The group met on Wednesday for the first time since the election. They gathered in Bingaman\u2019s Washington office, where this photo is taken.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It\u2019s quite stunning, really, to see the five Democrats together. Somehow it makes the fact that, come January, there will be no Republicans in the delegation seem more real.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The photo appears small on this page, but you can click on the photo to enlarge it. It was taken by Senate photographer John Klemmer and provided by Bingaman\u2019s office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, this is the first photograph of the new \u201ctrue blue\u201d New Mexico congressional delegation. From left to right, the members are 3rd District Rep.-elect Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n, 1st District Rep.-elect Martin Heinrich, U.S. Sen.-elect Tom Udall, 2nd District Rep.-elect Harry Teague and Sen. Jeff Bingaman. The group met on Wednesday for the first time [&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-4002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4002","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=4002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}