This DUer is running for NM State Senate

[duhneece]

I’m out collecting signatures for my nomination petition now. I’ll update my Facebook page, website after I file for office. I’ll get my Act Blue account up after the filing, too. I know that I can count on DU support. What I’m most proud of is my recruiting others to run.... for another Senate District, two State Representatives, County Commissioner, County Clerk and County Treasurer. I know that our running will deliver votes up and down ballot. Our US Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small is is in a very tight race and we need all the help possible to retain her.

[flying_wahini]

1. WooHoo! Good for you!

Happy and excited for you!

[stonecutter357]

2. K&R

[MontanaMama]

3. Go get 'em!!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. Good luck and may you have plenty of blue paint!

[FM123]

5. Wow!

Good for you! Good for us!

[duhneece]

6. Thank y'all

I’ll update often.

[lunatica]

7. Yes!

[Bayard]

8. YIPPEEE!!

Very exciting!

[keopeli]

9. I'm in Valencia County. I'll help however I can.

[duhneece]

17. Great!

We’ll find room for you to come walk with us this fall.

[PETRUS]

10. Best of luck!

[hellno45]

11. Good on you, the best of luck to you nt

[Karadeniz]

12. Whoo whoo whoo! I'm so proud of you! Go get 'em! Think SUCCESS!❤

[irisblue]

13. Good luck, please put your ActBlue Site here as well.

[duhneece]

18. Will do! Nt

[mountain grammy]

14. Good luck! 👍

[Magoo48]

15. Yahooooooooo

[defacto7]

16. Good luck.

[Blue_Tires]

19. Epic kick!

As an aside, how do you pronounce "Xochitl"?

ho-SHEE-tul?

[duhneece]

20. She pronounces it 'So-chee

I’m not sure if she’s shortening it by not pronouncing the ‘tl’ at the end.

[BadgerMom]

21. As a fellow New Mexican, thank you!

I’ll donate as soon as you’re up and running. I’d promise a vote as well, but I think we’re in different areas. Rep. Lujan is my Congressman, soon to be Senator, I hope. I’m pulling for Rep. Torres-Small. The commercials targeting her were so very early this cycle.

[duhneece]

24. You're right; you can't vote for Xochitl

.... but I’ll be coordinating a combined campaign, working to get Ben Ray elected, too.

[TygrBright]

22. In Santa Fe. Let me know how I can help. n/t

[duhneece]

23. Thank you. I will! Nt

[aggiesal]

25. What county are you running in? n/t

[duhneece]

29. Otero County

It includes Alamogordo, Tularosa and Cloudcroft, Holloman Air Force Base.. White Sands National Park and Lincoln Forest (US National Forest).

[Beartracks]

39. Ahh. I certainly will be pulling for you.

A friend of mine used to live in Alamogordo when her husband was stationed at Holloman. The military presence around there definitely causes a red shift.

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[aggiesal]

43. Lived in Las Cruces. NMSU '84 n/t

[aggiesal]

44. Good Luck! ...

[Soph0571]

26. This is fantastic

All luck going your way...

[dewsgirl]

27. Wow! Good for you...

good luck!

[hamsterjill]

28. The best of luck to you!

n/t

[DFW]

30. A friend of mine is running for Congress in the third district.

I hope that you both sail to victory!

[Midnightwalk]

31. Good luck to you

And say hello to your brother

[yortsed snacilbuper]

32. kick

[Ponietz]

33. Appreciation and salute from Rio Arriba county

[joost5]

34. ✔️ I'll chip into your Act Blue account when you're up and running. nt

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

35. Excellent!

Best wishes for success!

[Duppers]

36. Yay!

I remember your saying you were going to jump in.

Here's to your win. 🥂

[Pacifist Patriot]

37. Best of luck to you!

I know from personal experience how difficult this is. I will contribute to your campaign when you get Act Blue up and running.

Take one step at a time and don't try to do everything at once. PM me if you need anything. Even if it is to vent a primal scream once in awhile. Being a candidate for public office is unlike anything else and impossible to describe if you haven't done it.

Breathe!

[duhneece]

38. Again, thank you all for your support

DU has been sanity (or life)-saving for me since the Iraq War. It is a family and I’m grateful.

[summer_in_TX]

40. Terrific!

Yes, the more Dems that file up and down the ballot, the higher the turnout. After all, you bring friends and family to the polls to support you. Smart!

Thank you for running. Best of luck!

[Totally Tunsie]

41. ...and, to think we knew you "when"!

Good luck in your quest.

I'll watch for your ActBlue.

[lunatica]

42. I'm a registered Democrat in Santa Fe

I’ll be glad to donate to your campaign. Good for you!

[SergeStorms]

45. Work hard.

I wasn't going to say "best of luck" because luck has little to do with it. You can certainly count on my support, duhneece!

[Alliepoo]

46. Hot Diggety!!!!

Good luck!!!!

[certainot]

47. UNM endorses attacks on dems. torres small gets hammered on the UNM Lobos radio station with

the station even playing recruiting ads during the limbaugh show, for eg, like any dem in the state who gets local GOP attention

suggestion: make an issue of it. UNM has no excuse, like the 86 other universities that broadcast sports on 260 limbaugh stations.

if you want to get media attention, criticize UNM for supporting global warming, the NRA, trump, racism, etc. if other dems do that in other states, getting those students/communities to join in, it will have a national effect

i spoke with one of the UNM regents, a dem, and he said what they would all say - to make an issue of it would raise too much rukus. good.

in Sept the loudest radio station in Denver demoted limbaugh to a smaller brother station while no one will admit at this point it may be the result of low level activism around the CU community that i know has been ramping up the last decade. like many of those 260 limbaugh stations, they wouldn't want to have to make a choice between keeping limbaugh and trump/GOP and losing the school sports broadcasts that bring them community cred and ad dollars.

770 KKOB is a major political force in NM and if you make waves the state GOP will use it to attack you and may even get your opponent on their station for a softball supportive 'interview' etc. your supporters can record and transcribe those attacks and lies/distortions/exaggerations and you can use them in ads and debates, for instance.

[Desert grandma]

48. What district are you in?

I live in New Mexico too, in District 15 (Albuquerque). We are fortunate to have a Democratic State Senator right now. Good luck with your petition. I assume it can only be signed by residents in your district. Let us know when your FB is updated and your Act Blue account is set up. You will get a lot of support from DU.