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Arnold-Jones forms congressional exploratory committee
Janice Arnold-Jones (Photo by Heath Haussamen)
With U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich considering running for the Senate seat being vacated by Jeff Bingaman, former State Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones announced today that she’s launching an exploratory as she considers running for the seat Heinrich currently holds.
“Since the announcement by Senator Jeff Bingaman that he will retire at the end of his term I’ve received numerous telephone calls and e-mails asking me to run for several different offices,” the Republican Arnold-Jones said. “The majority of these calls have been supporters asking me to step forward and run for Congress. Forming an exploratory committee is the first step in a possible run.”
“At this time I am not a candidate for office. I am testing the waters,” Arnold-Jones said. “The two biggest things that must be tested are whether or not we can raise the financial resources necessary and how much support can be generated.”
Arnold-Jones said the possibility of Heinrich, a Democrat, vacating the seat to run for U.S. Senate “definitely helped lead to the formation of this exploratory committee.”
The former state lawmaker gave up her state House seat last year to run for governor, but she lost in the primary.
She has considered running for the 1st Congressional District seat before. In 2008, she tried to raise enough money to launch a congressional campaign but was unsuccessful.
Arnold-Jones is currently a regular contributor to the talk radio program News New Mexico.
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I was at the RIBN lunch this week. Lewis answered that question as he should have – with a clear understanding of private property rights and letting the free market drive development in areas that are condemned. Anyone that really was at that lunch would have easily picked that up. Lewis answered questions for almost an hour. He was smart and articulate.
Arnold-Jones is a lot more than nice, she is smart, innovative and courageous too.
Good luck with Lewis. I attended the RIBN luncheon Wednesday at which Lewis spoke … structured and stiff describe his demeanor, and it took him 20 minutes to not answer the first question dealing with what to do with the condemned properties on long stretches of east Central Avenue … except they aren’t condemned, they just look that way. The Poster Boy is gonna have to turn it up a notch on two on the credibility scale … nice guy though.
Great, between this committee and the $10 she’s proven she can raise, Janice can get a nice bowl of soup somewhere and think about it.
And don’t forget- Dens like to make things up. Remember “Mr. Barela, don’t mess with my social security.”
Oh ABQHome- how I wish with all my soul you were correct. I would love to see this sear backin republican hands. Dan did well against Cadigan, but let me tell you a City Council race is no race for congress. I wish him or any Republican well. You read my posts?
Ah, Ramirez, don’t you just wish. Nice cover line for the dems. City Councilor Dan Lewis will do at least what he did to Michael Cadigan to anyone who he runs against. Janice will field herself as a nice third tier candidate for Lewis to get in some practice. Then onto the general where the dems will not know what to do except recycle all the old spend, spend, spend promises to the unions who, if you had not noticed, are in major decline. “Congressman Lewis.” Get used to it
Ramirez:
If Heinrich makes the foolish move and tries to go for the open Senate seat, then Ms. Arnold-Jones has a good shot; I know that this is something that Janice has considered in the past, and while she doesn’t stand a chance in hell against an incumbent, she’s a good choice of candidate for the GOP in the relatively middle-of-the-road first district.
Assuming, again, that she can a) survive a primary, and b) doesn’t take advice from people who are complete amateurs at New Mexico elections (like she did last time…)
Nice lady, just no serious chance of winning. Her Gubernatorial run was a joke, she was destroyed in the primary. A congressional race is a different ballgame, especially in Albuquerque. CD1 is tough and requires a heavy-hitting candidate. She better change her staff, and raise more money. So far the Republican line-up for this race is quite anemic.
Will she have to leave the News New Mexico Radio Show?