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Four candidates drop bids for statewide offices

By │ 3/24/10, 10:21 am │

J.R. Damron

I reported Tuesday that Democrat Mike Anaya had dropped his bid for state land commissioner after failing to win the support of 20 percent of delegates at the party’s preprimary nominating convention. Tuesday was the day those who wanted to stay in their races after failing to get 20 percent at the party’s conventions had to file additional signatures, and a few more candidates dropped out.

Those who dropped their bids include:

• J.R. Damron, a Republican who had been running for lieutenant governor.

• James Jackson, a Republican who had been running for land commissioner.

• Spiro Vassilopoulos, another Republican who had been running for land commissioner.

You can find the full list of primary candidates here.

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  1. Astute Observer
    March 24, 2010 • 11:28 pm

    I think candidates should obey the law … the law provides for an option for those who don’t make the ‘cut’ from party insiders and enables the people to continue to have a voice … that is what we are seeing, and we should be glad in it.

  2. DemJugador
    March 24, 2010 • 3:12 pm

    I think Wedum has a great point, Candidates that did not pass the organizational task of 20% should have dropped thier bid, including JERRY ORTIZ Y PINO!

    Jerry is the fringe candidate who is going to end up hurting a progressive like Brian Colon. We work against eachother and will end up with a moderate/conservative like Rael or Campos.

    As for the DFNM Debate, of course they said Jerry was thier pick… he had a large portion of supporters at the leftist forum.

  3. wedum59
    March 24, 2010 • 11:13 am

    I’m surprised that Linda Lopez hasn’t dropped her bid. 5% of the delegate vote means she cannot possibly win the primary, but that same 5% would be very valuable to one of the other candidates, should she choose to make an endorsement. Back at the March 8 Albuquerque forum that was posted on the web
    (http://www.democracyfornewmexico.com/democracy_for_new_mexico/2010/03/lively-dem-lt-gov-debate-.html#more), she said that if she weren’t in the race she would prefer to support another woman, but of the male Democrats running she would probably support Rael.

    (3 of the others picked Ortiz y Pino, and Ortiz y Pino also picked Rael, as he had worked for Rael and knew him best.)

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