Hobbs Mayor Monty Newman to Lead GOP?

Monty Newman

From NMPolitics.net - Gov.-elect Susana Martinez and other top elected Republican officials sent a letter today to members of their party’s state central committee urging them to make former Hobbs Mayor Monty Newman the next party chairman. The endorsement letter is designed to leave no doubt about who will lead the Republican Party of New Mexico for the next two years. It’s also signed by Congressman-elect Steve Pearce, Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry, Secretary of State-elect Dianna Duran, House Minority Leader Tom Taylor, and Senate Minority Leader Stuart Ingle. “Our next chairman must organize and finance a statewide grassroots effort to counter the millions of dollars that will be spent by Barack Obama and far-left special interests in the 2012 election,” the letter states. Read full story here:

Hobbs Mayor Monty Newman to Lead GOP?