Egolf Starts His Own PAC

Brian Egolf

Capitol Report New Mexico - Think the 2012 election in the state House of Representatives isn’t crucial? On Monday (May 21), Rep. Brian Egolf (D-Santa Fe) announced that he’s starting a political action committee to try to keep the Democrats in control of the New Mexico House of Representatives.
“We cannot risk losing control to a Tea Party-controlled Republican majority,” Egolf said in a guest blog at the liberal website Democracy for New Mexico. Egolf says the PAC will be called the New Mexico Defense Fund and that all the money raised will be used to support Democratic Party candidates in the House. Right now, Democrats cling to a 36-33 advantage over Republicans with one independent (Andy Nuñez of Hatch) who often votes with Republicans on critical issues such as repealing the state law allowing driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants.
The last time Republicans outnumbered Democrats in the New Mexico House of Representatives was way back in 1953 but the GOP picked up eight seats in the House in the November 2010 elections and Gov. Susana Martinez hasn’t been shy at throwing elbows at Democrats who have resisted her calls for education reform as well as the driver’s license repeal. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Egolf Starts His Own PAC