{"id":4783,"date":"2009-08-05T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T18:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/08\/rep-campos-joins-lieutenant-governors-race\/"},"modified":"2009-08-05T12:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T18:39:00","slug":"rep-campos-joins-lieutenant-governors-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/08\/rep-campos-joins-lieutenant-governors-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Campos joins lieutenant governor&#8217;s race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SnnS0Bjhr_I\/AAAAAAAAMBs\/zkLL833Ev78\/s1600-h\/Campos1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SnnS0Bjhr_I\/AAAAAAAAMBs\/zkLL833Ev78\/s1600\/Campos1.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366552222201130994\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:130%;\">The lawmaker and Santa Rosa mayor will formally announce his candidacy next week<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">State Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/legdetails.aspx?SPONCODE=HCAMP\" target=\"_blank\">Jose Campos<\/a>, D-Santa Rosa, announced today that he\u2019s running for lieutenant governor next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Campos, who is also the mayor of Santa Rosa, \u201cwill formally announce his candidacy\u201d on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Rudolfo Anaya\/Bless Me Ultima monument in Santa Rosa, according to a news release. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santarosanm.org\/city_map.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for a map.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Campos\u2019 goals include \u201cjob growth, economic stability and improved quality of life through the expansion of renewable energy, innovation in education and vocational training, and the promotion of high quality, accessible, and affordable health care,\u201d the news release states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Campos has been a lawmaker for six years &#8212; he chairs the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/committeedisplay.aspx?CommitteeCode=HVEC\" target=\"_blank\">House Voters and Elections Committee<\/a> &#8212; and the town\u2019s mayor for almost 12 years. He <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2007\/11\/campos-tinsley-confirm-congressional.html\">briefly entered<\/a> the 2nd Congressional District race in November 2007, but dropped out <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2007\/11\/campos-drops-out-of-congressional-race.html\">two days after he announced<\/a>, saying a ruptured disc in his back needed immediate surgery that would have prevented him from campaigning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Already in the lieutenant governor\u2019s 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. New Mexico State University Regent <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/nmsu-regent-may-run-for-lieutenant.html\">Javier Gonzales<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrcog-nm.gov\/content\/view\/233\/269\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lawrence Rael<\/a>, who heads the Mid-Region Council of Governments; and 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> have said they are also considering entering the race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">And Brian Col\u00f3n, chairman of the <a href=\"http:\/\/nmdemocrats.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Democratic Party of New Mexico<\/a>, is expected to resign from the party position <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/colon-to-resign-party-job-run-for.html\">later this week<\/a> to join the race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">There are no declared Republican candidates for lieutenant governor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lawmaker and Santa Rosa mayor will formally announce his candidacy next week State Rep. Jose Campos, D-Santa Rosa, announced today that he\u2019s running for lieutenant governor next year. Campos, who is also the mayor of Santa Rosa, \u201cwill formally announce his candidacy\u201d on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Rudolfo Anaya\/Bless Me Ultima monument [&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-4783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4783","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=4783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}