Oh Susana la Americana!

Susana Martinez's opponents in the 2010 Gubernatorial campaign here in New Mexico have tried to belittle her by calling her a "tejana". They do this to accuse her of being an outsider, though she has lived in New Mexico nearly all of her adult life, and has been a successful prosecutor in Doña Ana County for 13 years, during which time she defended the law in New Mexico. Many of us, including some of our recent former governors have come to New Mexico from other places, so the attack that Susana is a "tejana" is unfair. Susana herself, at a rally in Santa Fe in early October, called herself "la Americana". I like that!

On Sunday, Halloween afternoon, Susana came to Santa Fe for her last rally of the campaign season. With her were Matt Chandler, Matt Rush, John Sanchez, and Dianna Duran, all candidates for statewide office. Also in Santa Fe for the rally were some of our local candidates, and Tom Mullins, the District 3 candidate for the U.S. Congress.

What an afternoon it was! Exciting, joyous, upbeat and optimistic, as we celebrated a remarkable team of candidates that we can be extremely proud of.

John got these wonderful pictures during the rally:


CHUCK, SUSANA, DIANNA DURAN, DEBRA AND JOHN SANCHEZ:


CHUCK, SUSANA, DEBRA AND JOHN SANCHEZ:



CHUCK AND SUSANA:



THE CROWD:






ROSE FROM LOS ALAMOS:



DIANNA DURAN:



TOM MULLINS:



MATT CHANDLER:



MATT RUSH:


TOM MULLINS, DIANNA DURAN, MATT CHANDLER:



JOHN SANCHEZ:



JEANNETTE WALLACE:



BRIGETTE RUSSELL:



LEROY CANDELARIA AND PAUL MORRISON:



SUSANA AND CHUCK WITH THE SANTA FE VOLUNTEERS:








MATT RUSH:



TOM MULLINS AND MATT CHANDLER:



DEBRA AND JOHN SANCHEZ:





DIANNA DURAN:



BRIGETTE RUSSELL:



MATT RUSH, TOM MULLINS, MATT CHANDLER:



ME with LEROY CANDELARIA:



BRIGETTE RUSSELL AND TOM MULLINS:



TOM MULLINS, MILES LITTLEFIELD, AND SUSANA:


ME WITH SUSANA: