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Javier Gonzales, a member of the New Mexico State University Board of Regents<\/a>, was elected chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico<\/a> today.<\/p>\n The selection of Gonzales was expected. He ran unopposed and was elected by acclamation at the meeting at Isleta Casino and Resort, according to a news release from the party.<\/p>\n He\u2019ll serve until at least April 2011, filling out the term vacated when Brian Col\u00f3n<\/a> resigned August 8 to run for lieutenant governor.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is in the name of my father George Gonzales, and his belief in a brighter future, that I stand before you seeking the privilege to become chairman of the people\u2019s party, the Democratic party of the great State of New Mexico,\u201d Gonzales said today during a speech he gave before the vote, according to the release.<\/p>\n \u201cI commit to you today, as your party chair, that I will fight for you and the principles and ideals of our Democratic Party,\u201d he said. \u201cYou believe what I believe. We are right on all the issues, and when we have Democrats in office, the people of this nation and this state have people fighting for them and against the status quo.\u201d<\/p>\n In nominating Gonzales for the position, Lt. Gov. Diane Denish<\/a> called him \u201ca Democrat through and through — from his family roots to his service today.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI would like to thank Javier for his willingness to serve, and I look forward to celebrating with him in November 2010,\u201d Denish said, according to the release.<\/p>\n Gonzales is a former Santa Fe County commissioner and former president of the National Association of Counties<\/a>. He has served on a number of boards in New Mexico including the National Hispanic Cultural Center<\/a> Foundation board, and was a member of the board of regents at New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, N.M. until the governor appointed him to the NMSU board in December.<\/p>\n In the early 1990s, Gonzales cofounded La Voz Broadcasting, New Mexico\u2019s largest privately-owned Spanish language radio station. In 2003, he founded IronStone Consulting to help companies work with local governments. He currently works for Santa Fe Studios<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Javier Gonzales, a member of the New Mexico State University Board of Regents, was elected chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico today. He\u2019ll serve until at least April 2011, filling out the term vacated when Brian Col\u00f3n resigned August 8 to run for lieutenant governor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[135,133],"class_list":["post-6079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","category-uncategorized","tag-democratic-party","tag-nmsu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6079","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=6079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}