Fasten Your Seatbelts, Grubesic Might Get in CD # 1 Race

John Grubesic

Captiol Report New Mexico - The Democratic Party race for the congressional seat Martin Heinrich is vacating may get a bit more crowded soon … and if it does, it will certainly become much more unpredictable. That’s because Capitol Report New Mexico has learned that former state senator John Grubesic is considering a run for the First Congressional District, which makes up Albuquerque and other parts of central New Mexico. Grubesic says he’s been approached by political activists who think Grubesic could pull more conservative Democrats, independents and libertarian-leaning voters than the current field of announced candidates in the CD-1 race. “I am not sure how interested folks will be and I haven’t made a decision,” Grubesic said in an e-mail. “It was nice to be approached, but I am not sure how viable my candidacy is right now.” Grubesic had an unpredictable and controversial tenure as a member of the state senate after he was elected in District 25 in 2004. In 2007, he backed a joint resolutoin in the Roundhouse calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, which angered conservatives but Grubesic also infuriated the Democratic establishment as perhaps the harshest critic of then-Gov. Bill Richardson. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Fasten Your Seatbelts, Grubesic Might Get in CD # 1 Race