AS EXPECTED, DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEY GENERAL GARY KING WILL CHALLENGE INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR SUSANA MARTINEZ IN NOVEMBER. HE BEAT FOUR OTHER DEMOCRATS VYING FOR THE PARTY'S GUBERNATORIAL NOMINATION. KING WON WITH 35 PERCENT OF THE VOTE.
ALAN WEBBER HAD 23 PERCENT OF THE VOTE. AND LAWRENCE RAEL ENDED IN THIRD PLACE WITH 20 PERCENT OF THE VOTE.
MEANWHILE, RETIRED MARINE COLONEL ALLEN WEH EASILY WON THE REPUBLICAN SENATE PRIMARY TO RUN AGAINST FIRST TERM DEMOCRAT TOM UDALL. AND DEMOCRAT TIM EICHENBERG DEFEATED JOHN WERTHEIM FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOD FOR TREASURER.
