Dems Name Eight House Hopefuls to Showcase at Convention Today
August 26, 2008
The Democratic officials who head up the party’s national campaign for U.S. House seats today will showcase 50 of their candidates for Republican-held seats during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver — with eight of them singled out for special attention in a press release sent out this afternoon.
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Ben Ray Lujan, New Mexico, 3rd District: Not all of the candidates are being showcased because they are in competitive races. Lujan and Colorado’s Jared Polis are rated as prohibitive favorites to win seats left by a pair of congressional cousins who are running this year for the Senate: Reps. Tom Udall of New Mexico and Mark Udall of Colorado.
Lujan, a state public regulation commissioner, benefits from a well-known name — his father is the state House Speaker — and from the strongly Democratic leanings of a northern New Mexico district that includes the state capital of Santa Fe. As of June 30, the most recent figures available, Lujan had raised $937,000 to just $62,000 by Republican nominee Dan East, a construction contractor. CQ Politics rating: Safe Democratic
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