{"id":537289,"date":"2018-03-04T03:30:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T10:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=537289"},"modified":"2018-03-03T22:00:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T05:00:01","slug":"at-first-major-party-convention-nm-libertarian-party-picks-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/03\/at-first-major-party-convention-nm-libertarian-party-picks-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"At first major party convention, NM Libertarian Party picks candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time in state history, the Libertarian Party of New Mexico held a pre-primary convention Saturday to vote nominees for state and federal offices.<\/p>\n

Because all six candidates were unopposed, there wasn\u2019t the contention usually expected at major party nominating conventions.<\/p>\n

\"Aubrey

Courtesy photo<\/p>

Aubrey Dunn<\/p><\/div>\n

Instead, members focused on celebrating the party\u2019s move towards prominence and public visibility in the New Mexico political sphere.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is, by far and away, the most visibility the party has successfully achieved in the state,\u201d Libertarian Party of New Mexico Vice-Chair Helen Milenski said.<\/p>\n

Still, the group of about 100 attendees spent the day meeting the candidates and listening to their stump speeches.<\/p>\n

The candidates are all relatively new to the party, but each said they have always lived the values of less government regulations and more personal liberty.<\/p>\n

One of the more recognizable candidates was State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn, a long time Republican who recently registered as a Libertarian. He’s running for U.S. Senate this year as a Libertarian.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe I haven\u2019t had the title, but I\u2019ve walked the walk,\u201d Dunn said.<\/p>\n

Milenski said the convention was just one step toward a bigger goal for the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal for this year is to reach far, gain wins and then position for greater wins in 2020,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

This article comes from\u00a0New Mexico Political Report<\/a>,\u00a0a nonprofit news organization\u00a0focused on promoting a greater public understanding of politics and policy in the state of New Mexico.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the more recognizable candidates was State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn, a long time Republican who recently registered as a Libertarian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2238,3310,107],"class_list":["post-537289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-2018-election","tag-libertarian-party","tag-roundhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537289","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=537289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}