NM-LG: Meeting to decide Democratic lieutenant governor candidate at least a month out
As speculation grows over who will replace New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver as the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, a final decision remains at least a month out.
Only Sara Attleson, the chair of the Democratic Party of New Mexico, can call a meeting at which members of the State Central Committee vote to select a replacement. The chair must call that meeting at least 30 days before the vote and that had yet to be done as of Monday, party Communications Director Daniel Garcia wrote in an email to Source NM.
Toulouse Oliver abruptly dropped out of the race last week citing health concerns after she soundly defeated state Sen. Harold Pope (D-Albuquerque) in the primary contest for the party’s nomination.
Her departure from the race leaves the Democratic nominee for governor, former U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, without a running mate as she is set to face Republican former Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull in the Nov. 3 general election. Hull is running alongside Sen. David Gallegos (R-Eunice), who won the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor.
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