David Clements running for US Senate in New Mexico

[tsai3904]

David Clements was an alternate delegate for Ron Paul to the 2012 GOP Convention.

He is the current Chairman of the Dona Ana County Republican Party and an assistant district attorney.

Website:
http://www.clementsfornm.com/

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/clementsforNM

Article about Clements running for Senate:

Clements, a 33-year-old assistant district attorney and self-described “constitutional conservative,” is a novice to politics. He was prompted to become involved during law school at the University of New Mexico when the housing market bubble burst and the federal government bailed out big banks.

He’s also part of a group of libertarians and Ron Paul supporters who, after months of on-the-ground planning, swarmed the DARP convention this past spring. Their efforts paid off as they took most of DARP’s officer positions and 21 of 29 available state GOP central committee seats.

Now, Clements is attempting to bring the same brand of conservative politics statewide in a long-shot bid for the Senate seat currently held by Democrat Tom Udall, who before earning the Senate spot served for a decade as a US Representative, and before that was a two-term New Mexico attorney general.

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Clements praises whistleblower Edward Snowden, who’s leaked several documents exposing the vast extent of the country’s intelligence industry, as a hero. He criticizes corporate America as an “unholy gathering of big government and special interests.” He warns that the Federal Reserve’s policies of printing money and lowering interest rates will “destroy the purchasing price of the US dollar and rob Main Street of a real recovery.”

More:
http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-7805-insurgency.html

 

[archer1600]

I have to admit. Why not run for State Senate? State House? Congress? Senate just seems like such a HUGE and long shot. Why Senate? That's going to take millions!

 

[Mr.NoSmile]

Not entirely sure I like the idea of our own running for higher office and leaving their current seat for some neoconservative to swoop in for the taking. Plus, it did mention he's a novice to politics. Sure, we've seen that before with folks like Rand Paul and currently Nancy Mace, but to me, it feels like something folks would pounce on him for, particularly for him being a Ron Paul supporter.

 

[Hyperion]

I like his views and ambition. Probably too tough of a race but you never know.

 

[jurgs01]

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[Anti-Neocon]

New Mexico is a hopelessly blue state, even more so than Michigan and we all pretty much recognized that Amash couldn't win there.

 

[jurgs01]

Even with Obama brining people to the polls in 2012, the Democrat only won by ~44K votes. Saying there is "no chance" in an off-year election is a little defeatist.

Even if David loses, but wins the Republican nomination, he will bring a liberty perspective to the debates and set himself up for future runs.

 

[FSP-Rebel]

New Mexico is a hopelessly blue state, even more so than Michigan and we all pretty much recognized that Amash couldn't win there.

I don't think Amash wanted to get bogged down in a primary w/ an establishment pick and using up the precious finite resources that we could devote to said race. As it stands, the presumptive GOP Senate nominee is already out-polling the democrat and this coincides w/ the governor's reelection campaign. The gov stinks but the dems are running some nobody so that pretty much sums up this race. NM & MI have republican governors but NM would typically lean bluer on average. But in midterm elections, republicans seem to have an advantage. Clements and grassroot volunteers seem to be quite active and I'm not sure how popular Sen Udall is.

 

[Anti-Neocon]

When Amash made his decision not to run, pretty sure it had to do with that he knew he wouldn't be able to get the resources to compete in a bluish state like Michigan.

Amash, like Clements, don't have the access to money like Land does, so it's hardly a comparable situation. And that "only won by 44k votes thing" is a bit misleading, as Obama won by a whopping 10.2 percentage points.

If you want a parallel, try Kurt Bills, and we know how that turned out. The only advantage that Clements will have is that he's in a midterm year.

 

[FSP-Rebel]

When Amash made his decision not to run, pretty sure it had to do with that he knew he wouldn't be able to get the resources to compete in a bluish state like Michigan.

Amash, like Clements, don't have the access to money like Land does, so it's hardly a comparable situation. And that "only won by 44k votes thing" is a bit misleading, as Obama won by a whopping 10.2 percentage points.

If you want a parallel, try Kurt Bills, and we know how that turned out. The only advantage that Clements will have is that he's in a midterm year.

Land is a past office holder (Sec of State) and never had to take controversial stances so is deemed as a safe candidate w/ ample name id that the party can rally around outside of us diehards that can smell a rat a mile away. It's also a way to bolster support for the governor who has aggravated lots of republicans and especially party officers and delegates who do the leg work. Bills shot his own self in the foot by going w/ Romney advisers and alienating some financial grassroots support. But overall, the dynamics of the RNC and the status of Ron, us and MN state party delegates at that time wasn't the prime formula for success in the overall party. Point is, it isn't that Amash couldn't defeat any of these democrats it's because he'd have to squander finite resources in a primary where, if the establishment of the country focused on this race, could make money grow on trees for Land. If he wins reelection by a greater margin than last time, especially in this local primary, he'll be prime for whatever he wants to do politically in the future. If we had implemented a caucus system, he'd be the nominee no problem.