{"id":561,"date":"2006-09-09T17:47:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-09T23:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/09\/dems-pick-balderas-to-run-for-state-auditor\/"},"modified":"2006-09-09T17:47:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-09T23:47:00","slug":"dems-pick-balderas-to-run-for-state-auditor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/09\/dems-pick-balderas-to-run-for-state-auditor\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems pick Balderas to run for state auditor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5892\/2386\/1600\/Balderas%2C%20Hector.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5892\/2386\/200\/Balderas%2C%20Hector.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The New Mexico Democratic Party on Saturday picked Hector Balderas to run for state auditor.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The first-term legislator from Wagon Mound would replace Jeff Armijo. <st1:place st=\"on\">Armijo<\/st1:place> is fighting in court to keep his name on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Balderas defeated <st1:city st=\"on\">Albuquerque<\/st1:city> lawyer Daniel Ivey-Soto, <st1:city st=\"on\">Albuquerque<\/st1:city> consultant Vince Baca and <st1:place st=\"on\">Armijo<\/st1:place> during Saturday\u2019s meeting of the state central committee, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kvia.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=5386595\" target=\"_blank\">Associated Press<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Armijo<\/st1:place> didn\u2019t attend the meeting and was in the running because a supporter nominated him, the news service reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The next step for the party and Armijo is a Tuesday hearing in <st1:city st=\"on\">Albuquerque<\/st1:city> on <st1:place st=\"on\">Armijo<\/st1:place>\u2019s lawsuit. It\u2019s at 4 p.m., an hour before the deadline to place a candidate on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The party has filed a separate lawsuit in <st1:city st=\"on\">Santa  Fe<\/st1:city> asking a judge to uphold the secretary of state\u2019s decision to remove <st1:place st=\"on\">Armijo<\/st1:place> from the ballot. A hearing date in that case has not been set. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Mexico Democratic Party on Saturday picked Hector Balderas to run for state auditor. The first-term legislator from Wagon Mound would replace Jeff Armijo. Armijo is fighting in court to keep his name on the ballot. Balderas defeated Albuquerque lawyer Daniel Ivey-Soto, Albuquerque consultant Vince Baca and Armijo during Saturday\u2019s meeting of the state [&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-561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561","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=561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}