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Sen. Eric Griego
State Sen. Eric Griego, D-Albuquerque, announced Saturday that he will be running for the open 1st Congressional District seat. Griego has served in the state Senate for three years.
“The conservative Republicans running the U.S. Congress have declared war on working families,” Griego said in a statement announcing his decision. “They want to privatize and ration Medicare for seniors, gut Medicaid for the most vulnerable children and families, and change the promise of retirement with dignity for Americans who have worked their whole lives. We need a Congressman to be their voice and champion on Capitol Hill.”
Griego also announced his candidacy through a video.
Griego currently is the executive director of New Mexico Voices for Children, a nonprofit research, policy and advocacy organization. Before this, Griego was an Albuquerque city councilor as well as assistant secretary for economic development and chairman of the State Economic Development Commission.
Griego made the announcement almost a month after forming an exploratory committee looking at a run for Congress.
The seat is open after Rep. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., announced that he would instead run for U.S. Senate.
Griego is the second candidate to officially say that he will be running for the seat. Republican Dan Lewis, an Albuquerque city councilor, announced in April that he will run.
Former state Rep. Janice Arnold Jones, a Republican, has formed an exploratory committee while she considers whether to run for the seat. State Rep. Anthony “Moe” Maestas has said that he is considering a run as well.
