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New Mexico state lawmaker will seek US House seat

By 04/02/2019 | updated 6 years ago
FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018 file photo, DCCC Chair Ben Ray Luján, left, and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., gesture after speaking to a crowd of volunteers and supporters of the Democratic party at an election night event at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington. U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján will run for New Mexico's open U.S. Senate seat in 2020. The 46-year-old Democrat announced his Senate bid Monday, April 1, 2019, in a video posted on Twitter that takes aim at Republican Senate leadership. Luján hails from a prominent New Mexico political family and helped his party retake the U.S. House majority in 2018 midterm elections. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

SANTA FE, N.M. – Democratic state Rep. Joseph Sanchez of Alcalde says he plans to run for an open U.S. congressional seat representing northern New Mexico in 2020.

Sanchez made the announcement Monday on Twitter after U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of Nambé indicated he will run for Senate in 2020 to succeed Sen. Tom Udall. Luján and Udall are Democrats.

An electrical engineer by trade, Sanchez says he wants to improve the quality of life in northern New Mexico in areas of public health, economic development and human rights.

Udall announced last week that he won’t seek a third term in office.

In this 2018 file photo, DCCC Chair Ben Ray Luján, left, and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., gesture after speaking to a crowd of volunteers and supporters of the Democratic party at an election night event at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington. U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján will run for New Mexico’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2020. The 46-year-old Democrat announced his Senate bid Monday, April 1, 2019, in a video posted on Twitter that takes aim at Republican Senate leadership. Luján hails from a prominent New Mexico political family and helped his party retake the U.S. House majority in 2018 midterm elections.
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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