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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

GOP Candidate Leaving N.M. Land Commissioner Race


Associated Press
      SANTA FE — Former Catron County rancher James Jackson is withdrawing from the race for the Republican nomination for land commissioner.
    Jackson was among three candidates who failed to get 20 percent of the delegate votes at the GOP preprimary nominating convention over the weekend. That's the threshold needed to earn a position on the GOP primary election ballot in June.
    Roosevelt County rancher Matthew Rush won almost 65 percent of delegate votes.
    Candidates who missed the 20 percent requirement can get on the ballot by submitting extra nominating petition signatures to the secretary of state.
    Spiro Vassilopoulos declined Monday to say whether he'll remain in the land commissioner race. Bob Cornelius said on the social networking site Twitter that he'll continue his campaign.
   

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