REPUBLICAN GAVIN CLARKSON SAYS HE INTENDS TO RUN FOR NEW MEXICO’S OPEN U.S. SENATE SEAT NEXT YEAR. CLARKSON IS A FORMER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL AND NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS PROFESSOR WHO RAN UNSUCCESSFULLY FOR NEW MEXICO SECRETARY OF STATE LAST YEAR.
SENATOR TOM UDALL HAS SAID HE WON’T SEEK A THIRD TERM IN THE SENATE IN 2020. DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN BEN RAY LUJAN HAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED THAT HE INTENDS TO RUN FOR UDALL’S SEAT.
