{"id":575,"date":"2006-09-13T11:56:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-13T17:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/09\/quotes-from-armijo-news-conference\/"},"modified":"2006-09-13T11:56:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-13T17:56:00","slug":"quotes-from-armijo-news-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/09\/quotes-from-armijo-news-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotes from Armijo news conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5892\/2386\/1600\/Armijo%2C%20Jeff.11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5892\/2386\/200\/Armijo%2C%20Jeff.11.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Here are some quotes from the press conference at which Jeff Armijo announced he is quitting his bid to remain the Democrat\u2019s candidate for state auditor:  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Said <st1:place st=\"on\">Armijo<\/st1:place>: \u201cOut of my profound respect for Speaker Lujan I have concluded that, in the interest of many wonderful New Mexicans, that I will not seek the office of state auditor. I was elected fair and square by 62 percent of the Democratic Primary voters, and my fight to protect ordinary New Mexicans will never end. Although I still feel that I am the candidate for state auditor, my meager resources cannot match the mighty powers and resources of big government and powerful politicians.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5892\/2386\/1600\/Lujan%2C%20Ben.7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5892\/2386\/200\/Lujan%2C%20Ben.3.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Said Speaker of the House Ben Lujan: \u201cPride can sometimes get in the way of making important decisions that impact us, our friends and our families. Today, Jeff has shown that he can set aside his pride and put his love and compassion for the people of this state before his self interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Said state Democratic Party Chair John Wertheim: \u201cWe\u2019ve always felt that our legal disagreements with Jeff Armijo were, ultimately, minor ones between members of the Democratic family. Often, the hardest people with whom to resolve differences are those to whom we are closest. I am pleased that Jeff and the Democratic Party have overcome our differences, and that we are ready to highlight the Democratic record of moving <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:state st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5892\/2386\/1600\/Balderas%2C%20Hector.1.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.1.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Said State Rep. Hector Balderas, now the Democrat\u2019s candidate for auditor: \u201cI am glad that this chapter of the state auditor\u2019s race has come to a close. I continue to be humbled by the overwhelming support my campaign received at Saturday\u2019s Democratic meeting and I am excited to take my message to the people that I am independent, ethical and that I will protect <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> taxpayers.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some quotes from the press conference at which Jeff Armijo announced he is quitting his bid to remain the Democrat\u2019s candidate for state auditor: Said Armijo: \u201cOut of my profound respect for Speaker Lujan I have concluded that, in the interest of many wonderful New Mexicans, that I will not seek the office [&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-575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575","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=575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}