Posted on 02/18/2011 11:04:07 AM PST by bilhosty
New Mexico Democratic Senator Jeff Bingaman will announce his retirement today, Democratic sources confirmed.
Bingaman, who is serving his fifth term, is among the most senior Democrats in the Senate. He also serves as chair of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Former Republican Rep. Heather Wilson has shown interest in running for the New Mexico Senate seat in 2012, and some reports suggest her candidacy would be contingent on Bingaman's decision.
Wilson lost a Republican Senate primary in 2008 to Congressman Steve Pearce. Pearce subsequently lost the race to now Democratic Sen. Tom Udall and has since returned to his old House seat after a Democrat held it for one term.
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Good Riddance. Let’s hope NM doesn’t replace him with anything worse (and I mean “thing”).
I think I just heard Mark Levin cheer.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out I say.
Gary Johnson would be perfect for this seat if he wasn’t fooling himself with thoughts of grandeur and running for President.
I lived in Silver City, NM for 13 of the 14 years I was in NM. I was Republican County Chairman for Grant Count in the early and mid 1980’s.
I knew Jeff’s uncle who got him the nomination, he was a local Dem kingmaker. And a loan shark.
Bye Bye extreme leftie Jeff Bingaman. You will not be missed.
He has been in the Senate far far too long.
His “retirement” is the best news I have had in weeks.....
The prospect of not being in power come 2012 is just too hard to bear for these utopian, social engineering control freaks.
The prospect of not being in power come 2012 is just too hard to bear for these utopian, social engineering control freaks.
Gary Johnson is a smart guy. He knows he is not going to be president. I hope and bet he runs.
You know what this looks like to me? Those scumbag dhims that still have a reputation to protact know that something is up and want to get away before the sh!t starts splattering everything near it, why else would so many of them give up their sinecures so easily all at the same time.
I don’t want another open borders guy in the Senate.
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