{"id":4615,"date":"2009-06-01T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/06\/sanchez-says-hes-formed-guv-exploratory-committee\/"},"modified":"2009-06-01T10:42:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T16:42:00","slug":"sanchez-says-hes-formed-guv-exploratory-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/06\/sanchez-says-hes-formed-guv-exploratory-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanchez says he&#8217;s formed guv exploratory committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SiQFdJIN0YI\/AAAAAAAALsc\/Q7wrrtU6SpM\/s1600-h\/Sanchez,+Michael.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 160px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SiQFdJIN0YI\/AAAAAAAALsc\/Q7wrrtU6SpM\/s200\/Sanchez,+Michael.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342401056192975234\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/legdetails.aspx?SPONCODE=SSANC\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Sanchez<\/a> may be moving closer to running for governor next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Democrat from Belen posted a note on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Michael-S-Sanchez\/25908359236?ref=nf\" target=\"_blank\">his Facebook page<\/a> over the weekend stating that he \u201chas formed an exploratory committee and is still contemplating a run for governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">That\u2019s it. No details. So it actually raises more questions than it answers. If he\u2019s serious, why no news release? No attempt to spread the word far and wide? Why just a note to his 137 supporters on Facebook?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">We\u2019ll have to see in the coming weeks if this goes anywhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Sanchez would be going up against Lt. Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dianedenish.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Diane Denish<\/a>, who has about $2 million on hand, in a Democratic primary next year. On the Republican side, the only declared candidate is <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Albuquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> financial adviser and Army National Guard brigadier general <a href=\"http:\/\/zanettiforgovernor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Zanetti<\/a>. Former state GOP chairman <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/weh-forms-gubernatorial-exploratory.html\">Allen Weh<\/a> has formed an exploratory committee. Former U.S. Reps. <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/pearce-says-hell-be-on-ballot-in-2010.html\">Steve Pearce<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/wilson-may-run-for-governor-in-2010.html\">Heather Wilson<\/a> are among the Republicans actively considering the race, as is state Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/arnold-jones-considering-running-for.html\">Janice Arnold-Jones<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez may be moving closer to running for governor next year. The Democrat from Belen posted a note on his Facebook page over the weekend stating that he \u201chas formed an exploratory committee and is still contemplating a run for governor.\u201d That\u2019s it. No details. So it actually raises more questions [&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-4615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4615","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=4615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}