{"id":4767,"date":"2009-07-31T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/07\/colon-is-considering-running-for-lieutenant-governor\/"},"modified":"2009-07-31T07:09:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-31T13:09:00","slug":"colon-is-considering-running-for-lieutenant-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/07\/colon-is-considering-running-for-lieutenant-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Col\u00f3n is considering running for lieutenant governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SnLt2T2-aCI\/AAAAAAAAL_k\/_Kw7Oy7x_vI\/s1600-h\/Colon,+Brian.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\/SnLt2T2-aCI\/AAAAAAAAL_k\/_Kw7Oy7x_vI\/s200\/Colon,+Brian.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364611623451256866\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Brian Col\u00f3n, chairman of the <a href=\"http:\/\/nmdemocrats.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Democratic Party of New Mexico<\/a>, is seriously considering running for lieutenant governor next year and plans to make a decision in \u201cless than two weeks,\u201d according to a source with knowledge of the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Col\u00f3n did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">He would be joining a crowded field of Democrats seeking the party\u2019s No. 2 spot on the ballot in 2010. Already in the race are Santa Fe County Sheriff <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solanoltgov.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Solano<\/a> and state Sens. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/legdetails.aspx?SPONCODE=SLOPE\" target=\"_blank\">Linda Lopez<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/legis.state.nm.us\/LCS\/legdetails.aspx?SPONCODE=SORTI\" target=\"_blank\">Gerald Ortiz y Pino<\/a> of Albuquerque.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Others have been considering entering the race for awhile, including state Auditor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saonm.org\/about-hector-balderas\" target=\"_blank\">Hector Balderas<\/a>, New Mexico State University Regent <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/nmsu-regent-may-run-for-lieutenant.html\">Javier Gonzales<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrcog-nm.gov\/content\/view\/233\/269\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lawrence Rael<\/a>, who heads the Mid-Region Council of Governments. This week, former U.S. Navy officer and current law student <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democracyfornewmexico.com\/democracy_for_new_mexico\/2009\/07\/matthew-padilla-pondering-run-for-new-mexico-lt-governor.html\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Padilla<\/a> announced that he\u2019s also seriously considering entering the race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Col\u00f3n is a lawyer and works for the Albuquerque firm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roblesrael.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Robles, Rael &amp; Anaya<\/a>. The law firm is currently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haussamen.com\/SICLawsuit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">suing two defendants<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/primer-on-housing-authority-scandal.html\">housing authority scandal<\/a> on behalf of the State Investment Council to try to recover millions of dollars in lost bond money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Col\u00f3n also chairs Popejoy Hall\u2019s board of directors and serves on the board of trustees for the Albuquerque Community Foundation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Lt. Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dianedenish.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Diane Denish<\/a> is the only declared 2010 gubernatorial candidate, though Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/legdetails.aspx?SPONCODE=SSANC\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Sanchez<\/a> says he\u2019s formed an exploratory committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Col\u00f3n, chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico, is seriously considering running for lieutenant governor next year and plans to make a decision in \u201cless than two weeks,\u201d according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Col\u00f3n did not respond to a request for comment. He would be joining a crowded field [&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-4767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4767","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=4767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}