Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) – The Democratic Party of New Mexico will be holding a meeting of the State Central Committee meeting Saturday to pick a new lieutenant governor candidate to replace Maggie Toulouse Oliver, who suspended her campaign for lieutenant governor shortly after winning in the primary due to health reasons.
The state central committee members will use a ranked choice voting system to decide among four candidates for the post — Stephanie Garcia Richard, who has the endorsement of Gubernatorial candidate Deb Haaland, Harold Pope Jr., who lost to Toulouse Oliver during the primary, Geoffrey Luehring and Toni Pinedo.
Voting will be conducted electronically over a four-day period after the meeting ends and the results to be announced on July 30th.
The candidate who receives the most points will win the party’s nomination and appear on the Nov. 3 general election ballot with gubernatorial nominee Deb Haaland.
