June 6th Primaries: NM, MS, CA, IA, AL, NJ, MT, SD

[minionofmidas]

June 6th is a big day for state primaries. Races to watch:

New Mexico:
GOP Gubernatorial Primary (Damron vs. Bailey)
GOP Senatorial Primary (Carraro vs. Pfeffer)

Take both off watchlist since none of them'll stand a chance in the general.

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Take off watchlist since whoever wins won't stand a chance in the general, and IIRC the primary too is a foregone conclusion.

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Watch. Intently.

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Don't know.

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Watch. Intently.

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Don't know.

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Watch. Intently.

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Watch. Although I guess either'll lose.

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Watch; although Riley'll win, Moore's numbers (and their distribution) will be interesting.

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Watch. Intently.

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Watch. Intently.

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Watch, although either'll lose.

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New Mexico:
GOP Gubernatorial Primary (Damron vs. Bailey)
GOP Senatorial Primary (Carraro vs. Pfeffer)

Take both off watchlist since none of them'll stand a chance in the general.

Absoutely. All the excitement in these races ends the second the primary winner is declared. It's like the 1984 Democratic or 1996 Republican Presidential primaries.

NM

The primary to watch here is the Dem primaries for statewide office.  The AG primary, in particular, should be interesting with Gubernatorial scion and '04 NM-02 Congressional nominee Gary King facing off against Geno Zamora an ex-aide to Gov. Richardson.  King had an early advantage because of name ID but I expect Zamora to win.

There are also contested Democratic primaries for secretary of state, auditor and land comissioner.  I expect Democrats are favored in all of these races in November.

Yup. And don't forget about Lemuel Martinez in the AG race.

I like that name. I've always thought it sounds cool when Spaniards or Frenchmen have Old Testament names - don't know why actually.

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It's so low-key that everyone just votes their party affiliation?

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Yup. And don't forget about Lemuel Martinez in the AG race.

I like that name. I've always thought it sounds cool when Spaniards or Frenchmen have Old Testament names - don't know why actually.

Agreed and Lemuel has done a good job as District Attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial District. Pity he's almost certainly not going to win, but NM Dems have been consistently electing people I don't like in primaries for quite some time

Per information I received from a very reliable source...Lemuel actually doesn't do anything involving legal actions, and has his staff do all the work. So now I'm rooting for Gary King to win this one...

So? He's good at delegating work. (shrugs) If the office of District Attorney has done a good job, he has done a good job.

[minionofmidas]

Yup. And don't forget about Lemuel Martinez in the AG race.

I like that name. I've always thought it sounds cool when Spaniards or Frenchmen have Old Testament names - don't know why actually.

Agreed and Lemuel has done a good job as District Attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial District. Pity he's almost certainly not going to win, but NM Dems have been consistently electing people I don't like in primaries for quite some time

Per information I received from a very reliable source...Lemuel actually doesn't do anything involving legal actions, and has his staff do all the work. So now I'm rooting for Gary King to win this one...

So? He's good at delegating work. (shrugs) If the office of District Attorney has done a good job, he has done a good job.

Trust me, this comes from a very good source - Lemuel is basically a do-nothing politician with no legal experience or knowledge.

Okay... either the people working in that office are such a good team that it doesn't matter who their elected figurehead is, or your initial impression "that he has been doing a good job" was completely misguided - and I mean completely... or your normally very good source has a reason not to be honest with you on this one.

[minionofmidas]

BTW, good to see Riley beat Moore.

Now, since no one else said anything, here's NM

That's your job.

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And that's their job.

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What's so bad about her?

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Unless his opponent was from the area as well... that is pretty astonishing.

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Is Richard Romero still in politics?

Not that I'm aware of...there's only so many times he can get undermined by the South Valley Democratic machine before he decides to stop running. He might try again in 2 years, but I don't know for certain.

And I forgot about this gem:
Democrats, Bernalillo County:
County Sheriff:
Jose E. Chavez - 59.22%
Geraldine Amato - 40.78%

Why is this a gem? Read this. As a Democrat in my office said...it's frightening that someone like Geraldine Amato got 40% of the primary vote.

Okay. Based on this I change my opinion. Bandit could get nominated in Eastern Kentucky.