James Jackson, a lawyer and former Catron County rancher, is running for the Republican nomination for state land commissioner. Jackson has worked at the State Land Office since 2005, and has taken a leave of absence without pay to campaign. Jackson owned a ranch near Quemado for 20 years, and then graduated from law school and worked as a prosecutor for six years. Other Republicans in the race are retired law enforcement official Errol Chavez and former Bernalillo County GOP executive director Bob Cornelius. Four Democrats are running: former Land Commissioner Ray Powell, Public Regulation Commission chairman Sandy Jones and Santa Fe County commissioners Mike Anaya and Harry Montoya. The land commissioner is responsible for managing 9 million acres of surface land and 13 million acres of mineral rights. AP
Jackson's press release is here.
Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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