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Saturday, Governor Palin announced her support for Susana Martinez in the GOP primary race for New Mexico Governor. Heath Haussamen gives a little overview of the race: “Martinez is in a five-way Republican primary battle. Many analysts believe the race is down to Martinez and Allen Weh, who has been able to outspend Martinez nearly 3-1 because he’s pumped $1 million of his own money into his campaign. Martinez, however, has raised more money from individual donors than Weh or any other candidate in the race.” My mother lives in New Mexico and was very pleased when I talked to...

Allen Weh and Susana Martinez have surged far ahead of three other candidates in the race for the Republican nomination for governor with the June 1 primary election just around the corner, a Journal Poll found. Weh, a retired Marine Corps Reserve colonel and former state party chairman, and Martinez, a state district attorney from Las Cruces, were in a virtual tie as the survey of likely Republican voters wrapped up late last week. Trailing the leaders in the May 11-13 Journal Poll were Republican candidates Pete Domenici Jr., Doug Turner and Janice Arnold-Jones. "It appears that two of the...

The Republican candidates for governor are stepping up efforts in the final two weeks of campaigning. Sunday Doña Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez got the first big-celebrity endorsement of the campaign. Sarah Palin threw her support behind Martinez. "New Mexico, you have a winner here in somebody who is proudly pro-life, pro-second amendment, pro-family, pro-fiscal conservative, anti-tax, anti-big government; you are so fortunate to have this candidate," Palin told a crowd of about 450 Sunday morning at the Albuquerque Uptown Marriott. “They want something different, they want something different. They want something ethical they want something strong in their...

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will be in Albuquerque Sunday May 16 to rally for GOP gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez, R-N.M.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez gained in stature at today’s Republican Party preprimary nominating convention. Allen Weh did what he needed to do. And Pete Domenici Jr. is down but not necessarily out. That’s how Albuquerque pollster Brian Sanderoff analyzed the results following today’s vote. Martinez won the support of 46.65 percent of delegates at the Republican convention. Weh finished second with 26.32 percent, followed by Janice Arnold-Jones at 13.16 percent and Doug Turner at 9.23 percent. Domenici finished last, with 4.61 percent of the vote. “The big surprise here is the margin of Susana Martinez’s victory,” Sanderoff said. “The...

District Attorney Susana Martinez of Las Cruces topped the Republican candidate field for governor Saturday at the state party's nominating convention in Albuquerque, winning the top ballot spot for the June 1 primary election. Former state party Chairman Allen Weh was the only other candidate of five Republican gubernatorial contenders to win the necessary 20 percent of the delegate vote for a convention nomination to the ballot. Martinez won nearly 47 percent of the vote. Weh received 26 percent. "It's a huge step, and (the vote) certainly says Republicans want to unite to take back New Mexico," Martinez said. ......