MICHAEL ROMERO IS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IN NEW MEXICO’S 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. UNOFFICIAL RESULTS SHOW HIM WITH 60 PERCENT OF TUESDAY’S VOTE OVER CHALLENGER MICHAEL LUCERO.
ROMERO HAS PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE AIR FORCE, THE TAOS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AND THE LAS VEGAS, NEVADA P-D. THIS IS HIS FIRST VENTURE INTO POLITICS. IN NOVEMBER, HE’LL FACE DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT BEN RAY LUJAN.