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Saturday, May 17, 2008 --- 69 days ago http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julia-goldberg/chasing-tom-udall_b_102261.html
| When I got the press release that US Rep. Tom Udall, D-NM, would be early voting at 2:30 pm, Saturday, May 17 at the Santa Fe County Fairgrounds, I decided to gamble that most reporters would be too busy having lives to show up and that, perhaps, I would be rewarded for my fortitude by Udall telling me, before anyone else, who he plans to support as a superdelegate.
Well, right on one score, anyway.
Udall is leaving his seat representing the third congressional district to run for the US Senate seat currently held by US Sen. Pete Domenici, R-NM. Two Republicans, US Reps. Heather Wilson and Steve Pearce, face off in New Mexico's June 3 primary. This means that in New Mexico, one US Senate seat and three congressional seats are up for grabs. For the third congressional seat currently held by Udall, six Democrats face off on June 3, as do two Republicans. There also are two Independents slated to run against the winners of those races in November.
After voting early myself, I caught up with Udall in the mostly empty parking lot and failed to get him to give anything up. Here's the sad transcript:
JG: Why won't you endorse in the third congressional district?
TU: I believe there is a great field out there and I've never endorsed in a primary before and I'm going to continue to uphold that tradition.
JG: Were you surprised your dad [former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall) endorsed [Ben Ray Lujan]?
TU: When I got the call ... |
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