AN EFFORT TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS OF SELECTING A NEW STATE SENATOR IS DENIED BY THE NEW MEXICO SUPREME COURT. RICK LOPEZ, THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE TORRANCE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY, WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO PETITIONED THE COURT, HOPING IT WOULD ORDER COUNTIES TO ACT SWIFTLY IN NOMINATING A REPLACEMENT FOR PHIL GRIEGO WHO RESIGNED HIS DISTRICT 39 SEAT LAST WEEKEND.
LOPEZ SAYS HE’S DISAPPOINTED WITH THE SUPREME COURT’S DECISION, AND THE APPROACH TO THE ISSUE FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. HE CALLS THE PARTY “SELFISH.”
THREE COUNTIES, SANTA FE, SAN MIGUEL AND VALENCIA, HAVE YET TO SEND A NAME TO THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE. YESTERDAY(WED)BERNALILLO COUNTY NOMINATED LIZ STEFANICS AS ITS CHOICE TO REPLACE GRIEGO.
