Democratic candidates are using JPMorgan’s $2 billion loss in campaign attacks against Wall Street, a trend liberal groups predict will escalate between now and election day.
Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren (D) led the charge earlier this week by calling for a “new Glass-Steagall Act” that would limit what types of …
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Eric Griego, a progressive candidate for Congress in New Mexico’s First District, is up with his first adof the cycle touting himself as someone who will “never let the Tea Party Republicans cut Social Security and Medicare.”
Griego is running against Dem Marty Chavez, …
Read MoreFrom the Albuquerque Journal 4/29/12
Eric Griego describes himself as an unyielding reformer looking to shake up the congressional status quo with progressive ideas.
The state senator and former Albuquerque city councilor says he’s running for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District seat to provide a voice for working families he says the …
Read MoreThe GOP budget plan revealed this week by Rep. Paul Ryan may be a boon for millionaires but it is a disaster for our seniors, children, and working families. It is also a blueprint for the Republicans’ electoral defeat in 2012.
Why? Because most Americans would strongly disagree with the Republicans …
Read MoreBalderas, Griego catch convention momentum, Politico
Griego, a favorite of liberals, snagged 41 percent of delegates in his three-way primary against former Albuquerque mayor Marty Chavez and the EMILY’s List-backed Michelle Lujan Grisham.
As a result, NMPolitics.net dubbed Griego “the frontrunner” in the battle for the 1st Congressional District’s nomination fight. His campaign …
Read MoreNew Mexico’s 1st district, a battleground for more than a decade, is in danger of sliding off the radar for national Republicans in 2012…
Griego is politically savvy and has the backing of top labor, liberal and environmental groups including the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; the League …
Read MoreOver the weekend, the New Mexico Senate joined the House in passing a resolution opposing Citizens United and calling for the U.S. Congress to send the states a constitutional amendment to overturn it. I’m proud to have co-sponsored the Senate solution (SM3) and cast the vote to allow our state …
Read MoreThere was a long debate on an amendment by Sen. Eric Griego (D-Albuquerque) that would have returned the bill to the original language before it was changed in the Senate Finance Committee. This would have required all out of state corporations to pay their taxes using combined reporting. This, Griego …
Read MoreAs a long-time LGBTQ-activist, I whole-heartedly endorse Senator Eric Griego and know that he is the best candidate for those who care about LGBTQ issues in New Mexico. That’s why he’s been endorsed by the leading LGBTQ online organization eQualityGiving.
As a former-president of the New Mexico Lesbian & Gay Bar …
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