{"id":6793,"date":"2009-09-24T15:24:52","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T21:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=6793"},"modified":"2009-09-24T15:28:14","modified_gmt":"2009-09-24T21:28:14","slug":"komadina-endorses-weh-in-gubernatorial-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/09\/komadina-endorses-weh-in-gubernatorial-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Komadina endorses Weh in gubernatorial race"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6795\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignright\" style=\"max-width: 120px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6795\" title=\"Komadina, Steve\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Komadina-Steve.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Komadina\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Komadina<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I <a href=\"..\/2009\/09\/unm-regent-fortner-endorses-martinez-for-governor\/\">wrote Wednesday<\/a> that not all Republicans are waiting for <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heather_Wilson\">Heather Wilson<\/a> to decide whether she\u2019s going to run for governor before they pledge support to other candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Republican gubernatorial candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/allenweh2010.com\/\">Allen Weh<\/a> backed that up by trotting out the endorsement of his candidacy by former state Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/legdetailsArchive.aspx?SponsorCode=SKOMA+++++%5C\">Steve Komadina<\/a>, R-Corrales.<\/p>\n<p>Komadina, a doctor and Navy veteran, said in a news release that Weh\u2019s experience in business and the military make him the best candidate to lead New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllen Weh is the most qualified candidate because he knows how to run a business; he knows how to meet a monthly payroll,\u201d Komadina said. \u201cMost of all, he loves this state, and he loves this country &#8212; and he has proven that through his service to our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Komadina called Weh \u201ca doer, not a talker. He\u2019s not afraid of adversity. He\u2019s not afraid to stand up for what\u2019s right. And there\u2019s absolutely no question that he\u2019s the most qualified candidate in this race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weh said he\u2019s pleased to have the support of Komadina, who served in the Senate from 2000 to 2008 and is a former president of the New Mexico Medical Society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was one of the finest minds in the Legislature when he served there, and I value his advice,\u201d Weh said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote Wednesday that not all Republicans are waiting for Heather Wilson to decide whether she\u2019s going to run for governor before they pledge support to other candidates. Today, Allen Weh backed that up by trotting out the endorsement of his candidacy by former state Sen. Steve Komadina.<\/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":[108,107],"class_list":["post-6793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","category-uncategorized","tag-2010-election","tag-roundhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6793","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=6793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}