Former Congresswoman Heather Wilson still hasn't decided whether she'll be running for governor, she just said in an interview on KUNM a few minutes ago.
Wilson probably would enter the race as a frontrunner on name recognition alone. She served 10 years in the House, representing the 1st Congressional District, which mainly consists of Albuquerque. She gave up that swing-district seat to run for U.S. Senate last year but lost to Steve Pearce in a hard-fought GOP primary where Pearce painted her as a "liberal."
Republican candidates so far include former GOP Chair Allen Weh, Las Cruces District Attorney Susana Martinez, State Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones and public-relations company owner Doug Turner.
Republican candidates so far include former GOP Chair Allen Weh, Las Cruces District Attorney Susana Martinez, State Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones and public-relations company owner Doug Turner.
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Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish already has over 6,000 signatures on her nominating petition, so Wilson (and the rest of the R's) had better get cracking.
ReplyDeleteIt would make for a good show if she ran, but it would not change the outcome in the general election. New Mexico will not soon elect a republican governor again. And Heather cannot win a statewide race in a general election. I can just imagine her numbers in the northern part of the state.
ReplyDeleteDenish can be defeated, but this isn't Heathers year as the R's have two very viable female candidates - we'll need Heather in the Senate in 2012 or 2014. Denish got signatures the same way Marty did - and he tubed it. This is NOT a good time to be an entrenched Democrat.
ReplyDeleteThe Democrats in Albuquerque got 55% of the total vote. They blew it because of 'spoiler Nader' Romero.
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