{"id":4666,"date":"2009-06-19T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/06\/arnold-jones-wades-into-gubernatorial-race\/"},"modified":"2009-06-19T00:01:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T06:01:00","slug":"arnold-jones-wades-into-gubernatorial-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/06\/arnold-jones-wades-into-gubernatorial-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Arnold-Jones wades into gubernatorial race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SjspPafFaXI\/AAAAAAAALyE\/DBTQLra1HZ4\/s1600-h\/Arnold+Jones,+Janice.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\/SjspPafFaXI\/AAAAAAAALyE\/DBTQLra1HZ4\/s200\/Arnold+Jones,+Janice.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348914327217072498\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">State Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/legdetails.aspx?SPONCODE=HARNO\" target=\"_blank\">Janice Arnold-Jones<\/a>, R-Albuquerque, said late Thursday that she\u2019s decided to form an exploratory committee as she considers running for governor next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Arnold-Jones wrote in an e-mail that it will take about a week to \u201cpull the details together\u201d for a formal announcement. She made no further comments in the e-mail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Arnold-Jones <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/arnold-jones-considering-running-for.html\">said in May<\/a> that she was considering whether to run for governor, Congress or re-election to her legislative seat next year. At the time, she sounded most excited about the possibility of running for governor, saying she is \u201cinterested in making sure that the system and the entities of state government serve people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Arnold-Jones considered running for Congress last year but ultimately <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/arnold-jones-will-seek-re-election-not.html\">opted to seek re-election<\/a> to her state House seat after she failed to raise as much money for a potential congressional run as she thought she needed to be successful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Arnold-Jones\u2019 stature increased earlier this year when she led the charge to <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/momentum-for-reform-was-too-great-to.html\">bring webcasting<\/a> to the state Legislature, which many said helped create a climate ripe for the approval of other ethics reforms. For her work on webcasting, the <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/looking-back-on-lady-sunlights.html\">Santa Fe Reporter<\/a> nicknamed her \u201cLady Sunlight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Arnold-Jones has also been instrumental in <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/legislature-approves-housing-authority.html\">the successful push<\/a> for reform of the state\u2019s scandal-plagued housing authority system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Two other Republicans are already campaigning for governor. Albuquerque financial adviser and Army National Guard brigadier general <a href=\"http:\/\/zanettiforgovernor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Zanetti<\/a> has formally announced his candidacy, and former state GOP chairman and Albuquerque businessman <a href=\"http:\/\/allenweh2010.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Allen Weh<\/a> has formed an exploratory committee. Former GOP U.S. Reps. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Pearce\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Pearce<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heather_Wilson\" target=\"_blank\">Heather Wilson<\/a> are also considering running.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">On the Democratic side, Lt. Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dianedenish.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Diane Denish<\/a> is the only declared candidate. Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/legdetails.aspx?SPONCODE=SSANC\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Sanchez<\/a> has formed an exploratory committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones, R-Albuquerque, said late Thursday that she\u2019s decided to form an exploratory committee as she considers running for governor next year. Arnold-Jones wrote in an e-mail that it will take about a week to \u201cpull the details together\u201d for a formal announcement. She made no further comments in the e-mail. Arnold-Jones said [&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-4666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4666","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=4666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}