social media

To Tweet or not to Tweet? That is not the question. Not for anyone who hopes to get elected — or reelected — to office.

Senator Tom Udall, D-Santa Fe, is now on the social media bandwagon, announcing that his office has created social media pages on multiple services to help connect with constituents.
Udall is now officially on Twitter at @SenatorTomUdall, has an official Senate Flickr account in addition to his already-existing Facebook and YouTube pages.

With candidates increasingly getting people connected to their campaigns through the use of social media, it is no surprise to see the mayoral campaign of former New Mexico Senate President Pro Tem Richard Romero turn to an Albuquerque-based social network to solicit ideas to help improve public safety.

New Mexico Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez made some waves when he announced his gubernatorial exploratory committee to run for governor in 2010.

Ex-U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, an Albuquerque Republican, has now joined the social networking revolution on Facebook.

For many politicians, social media isn’t a top priority — but it is increasingly part of their communications strategies. That’s because it is a relatively easy and completely free way to reach a young, technologically-connected audience that may not watch the evening news or read the Albuquerque Journal.

As the New Mexico Business Weekly reports, earlier this week I was part of a panel of experts who spoke to the New Mexico Advertising Federation about social media.