Santa Fe mayor also considering running for governor

*Sources confirm that Javier Gonzales is in fact running for Governor of New Mexico. The news was confirmed this morning. VL


By Heath Haussamen, 

Add Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales to the list of Democrats who say they’re considering running for governor in 2018.

The mayor joins several other Democrats who say they’re thinking about running for governor. The race is wide open after Tom Udall, D-N.M., decided this week to stay in the U.S. Senate rather than running for governor.“I’m getting calls of encouragement to give it a serious look, and I’m reflecting on that with family and my friends and the people of Santa Fe,” Gonzales said in a prepared statement.

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Among the Democrats who say they’re considering the race are U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, N.M. Attorney General Hector Balderas, state Rep. Joseph Cervantes of Las Cruces, and Alan Webber — who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2014 and today runs the think tank One New Mexico.

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