The 2002 Republican candidate for governor, John Sanchez, is taking a step back and instead trying his hand at a run for the lieutenant governor position, he announced yesterday. In 2002, Sanchez lost to current governor Bill Richardson in the general election.
With Sanchez’s arrival in the race, there are now five candidates for Lt. Gov. on the Republican side, one more than the number of Republican candidates vying for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
Santa Fe radiologist J.R. Damron, Albuquerque state Sen. Kent Cravens, former state Rep. Brian Moore of Clayton and Albuquerque nurse Bea Sheridan are Sanchez’s current opponents in the Republican primary.