{"id":4471,"date":"2009-04-17T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/04\/nmsu-regent-may-run-for-lieutenant-governor\/"},"modified":"2009-04-17T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T12:00:00","slug":"nmsu-regent-may-run-for-lieutenant-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/04\/nmsu-regent-may-run-for-lieutenant-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"NMSU regent may run for lieutenant governor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New Mexico State University Regent<\/a> Javier Gonzales says he\u2019s seriously considering running for lieutenant governor next year.<\/p>\n

The Democrat, who is a former Santa Fe County commissioner and chairman of the board of regents at New Mexico Highlands University, confirmed that he is \u201cactively considering a run\u201d for lieutenant governor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe election of our next governor is critical to the future success of our state. I believe that I have a unique background in both the public and private sector to assist that governor in successfully leading our state,\u201d Gonzales said.<\/p>\n

The new member of the NMSU regents said he will make a final decision this summer on whether to run and, in the meantime, remains focused \u201con my service to my alma mater, New Mexico State University, and reacquainting myself with friends in the Mesilla Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gonzales pointed out that he has served as an elected or appointed official for 14 years, and said \u201cthe desire to continue to serve remains.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe in a bright future for our state. I feel privileged to live in a multicultural state that is on the cusp of becoming an economic powerhouse in our new economy while preserving our historical way of life,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd while much work as been done to achieve that status, much more remains.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gonzales is a former president of the National Association of Counties<\/a> and has served on a number of boards in New Mexico including the National Hispanic Cultural Center<\/a> Foundation board, according to a biography<\/a> that is still posted on Highlands\u2019 Web site.<\/p>\n

In the early 1990s, Gonzales cofounded La Voz Broadcasting, New Mexico\u2019s largest privately-owned Spanish language radio station. In 2003, he founded IronStone Consulting to help companies work with local governments. He currently works for Santa Fe Studios<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gonzales attended high school in Pojoaque and earned his bachelor\u2019s in accounting from NMSU in Las Cruces.<\/p>\n

State Auditor Hector Balderas<\/a> and Lawrence Rael<\/a>, who heads the Mid-Region Council of Governments, are among the others most commonly named as potential 2010 Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Mexico State University Regent Javier Gonzales says he\u2019s seriously considering running for lieutenant governor next year. The Democrat, who is a former Santa Fe County commissioner and chairman of the board of regents at New Mexico Highlands University, confirmed that he is \u201cactively considering a run\u201d for lieutenant governor. \u201cThe election of our next […]<\/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-4471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4471","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=4471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}