A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT HECTOR BALDERAS WOULD RUN FOR THE U.S. SENATE SEAT BEING GIVEN UP BY TOM UDALL…BUT BALDERAS ANNOUNCED ON THURSDAY THAT HE WANTS TO REMAIN ATTORNEY GENERAL. UNM POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR LONNA ATKESON SAYS THAT LEAVES CONGRESSMAN BEN RAY LUJAN AND SECRETARY OF STATE MAGGIE TOULOUSE OLIVER AS THE TWO MAIN CONTENDERS AMONG THE DEMOCRATS:
ATKESON SAYS, SO FAR, NO REPUBLICAN HAS COME FORWARD AS A CLEAR FRONTRUNNER FOR THAT PARTY’S NOMINATION.
