Republican presidential candidate John McCain will be in Albuquerque on July 15 for a town-hall meeting, according to his campaign Web site.

 

McCain will apparently spend the night of July 14 in New Mexico, because he’s also holding a private fundraiser a week from today at the Albuquerque home of car dealer Ken Zangara.

 

The town-hall meeting will be held at Hotel Albuquerque in Old Town, according to McCain’s Web site. The site says  doors will open at 8:45 a.m. McCain spokeswoman Whitney Cheshire said the event begins at 10 a.m. It’s open to the public but space is limited. To RSVP, contact Kelly Rzendzian at (505) 440-7421 or krzendzian@mccain08hq.com.

This will be McCain’s second 2008 campaign trip to New Mexico. He was in Albuquerque on Memorial Day. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has made two trips to New Mexico — one to Albuquerque and Santa Fe and the other to Las Cruces.