THERE WILL BE A NEW LAND COMMISSIONER IN NEW MEXICO FOLLOWING THE NEXT ELECTION. CURRENT COMMISSIONER, AUBREY DUNN, HAS ANNOUNCED HE’S A CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS, RUNNING IN THE 2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. HE HOPES TO REPLACE CONGRESSMAN STEVE PEARCE WHO IS GOING AFTER THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR.
SO FAR,TWO DEMOCRATS ARE VYING FOR THE LAND COMMISSIONER JOB, GARRETT VENEKLASEN AND RAY POWELL WHO HELD THE JOB TWICE, FROM 1994 THROUGH 2002, THEN AGAIN FROM 2010 UNTIL HE WAS DEFEATED BY DUNN IN 2014.
