Post by Logan on Jun 5, 2016 20:06:52 GMT -6
SANTA FE – After weeks of campaign rallies and rhetoric rolling across the country, New Mexico will get its chance Tuesday to weigh in on this year’s crop of presidential candidates.
The state is part of a final wave of six states holding June 7 primary elections or caucuses – California, New Jersey, North Dakota, Montana and South Dakota are the others – and Democrat Hillary Clinton is expected to clinch her party’s presidential nomination based on the night’s results, possibly even before New Mexico’s results are tabulated.
But local supporters of Bernie Sanders, who is also vying for the Democratic presidential nomination, have been energized by Sanders’ three recent campaign stops in New Mexico and say they’re glad he’s staying in the race – at least for now.
Meanwhile, voters around the state will also decide 23 contested legislative primary races on Tuesday, as well as a two-way Republican congressional contest in northern New Mexico, a Democratic contest for the Albuquerque-area Public Regulation Commission seat currently held by incumbent Karen Montoya and numerous county-level and judicial races.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/786057/nms-turn-to-vote.html
The state is part of a final wave of six states holding June 7 primary elections or caucuses – California, New Jersey, North Dakota, Montana and South Dakota are the others – and Democrat Hillary Clinton is expected to clinch her party’s presidential nomination based on the night’s results, possibly even before New Mexico’s results are tabulated.
But local supporters of Bernie Sanders, who is also vying for the Democratic presidential nomination, have been energized by Sanders’ three recent campaign stops in New Mexico and say they’re glad he’s staying in the race – at least for now.
Meanwhile, voters around the state will also decide 23 contested legislative primary races on Tuesday, as well as a two-way Republican congressional contest in northern New Mexico, a Democratic contest for the Albuquerque-area Public Regulation Commission seat currently held by incumbent Karen Montoya and numerous county-level and judicial races.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/786057/nms-turn-to-vote.html