Obama Campaign Walking and Fund Raiser for Victor Raigoza

Today was the second day of neighborhood walks this weekend. I went over to the campaign headquarters at Central and Carlisle and made phone calls for two hours. I would encourage everyone to find sometime to show the Republican Party that we support Senator Barack Obama for President. New Mexico will go blue this year and we will see the change that our country wants and needs to help the middle class and low income families. The only thing we have to do is get out the voters for our candidates.

At 3:00 p.m. I went over to State Party Chairman Brian Colon’s home for a fundraiser for Victor Raigoza. Aleli Colon is a wonderful hostess and makes everyone feel welcome to her home. We owe a great deal to this democratic woman for all she does for our party. Aleli is a teacher and a member of the AFT. There were too many individuals to name them all but it was good to see them out to support Victor. A few of the more notable individuals were State Treasurer James B. Lewis, State Senator Eric Griego, and State Senator Tim Keller.

I also dropped by the courthouse last Friday to visit with the district court judges. I want to remind everyone to make sure you vote for the retention races by going to the bottom of the ballot and checking yes for a number of very good judges. My favor is Judge Carl J. Butkus who is clearly at the top of his field in skill and knowledge. He hates it when I point out just how exceptional he is at his job but we should be as lucky to have him on the bench for many years to come. I also dropped by to see Judge Bob Schwartz and Judge Reed Sheppard two very good judges that do a brilliant job for our district. We can not say enough in support of these men because they work very hard every week to provide fair and balanced justice for our city. So the least that we can do is to take the time to vote yes for them on November 3 or to check their name off on the vote by mail ballot because to do otherwise would be to give up some of the best judges we have had on the bench in years.