{"id":6847,"date":"2014-05-15T07:51:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T13:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=6847"},"modified":"2014-05-15T07:51:35","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T13:51:35","slug":"senator-howie-morales-for-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/election\/senator-howie-morales-for-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Howie Morales for governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/399539\/news\/charismatic-senator-seeks-higher-job.html\">\u2018Charismatic\u2019 senator runs for governor | Albuquerque Journal News<\/a> By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/author\/dboyd\">Dan Boyd \/ Journal Staff Writer<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. \u2014 <i>Copyright \u00a9 2014 Albuquerque Journal<\/i>  <\/p>\n<p>Howie Morales\u2019 journey from teacher and high school baseball coach to Democratic candidate for governor hasn\u2019t left much time for rest stops.  <\/p>\n<p>Morales, 41, is the youngest of the five candidates vying for the Democratic Party\u2019s 2014 nomination, but he says his background as a state senator and former county clerk \u2013 in addition to a doctoral degree in education and top hospital job \u2013 has prepared him for the responsibilities of statewide office. \u2026  <\/p>\n<p><strong>In March, Morales stirred the attention of state politicos by receiving the largest share of delegate votes \u2013 about 29 percent \u2013 at the Democratic pre-primary nominating convention. He also has received endorsements from two of the state\u2019s largest unions, which have 35,000 combined members in New Mexico and plenty of political heft.<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p>But the Morales campaign also faces stark challenges, chiefly a limited campaign war chest \u2013 he reported having $44,700 in his campaign account earlier this week \u2013 and a shortage of statewide name recognition.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA combination of low name recognition and a small bank account creates a challenge,\u201d longtime New Mexico political analyst Brian Sanderoff said<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/399539\/news\/charismatic-senator-seeks-higher-job.html\">\u2018Charismatic\u2019 senator runs for governor | Albuquerque Journal News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Charismatic\u2019 senator runs for governor | Albuquerque Journal News By Dan Boyd \/ Journal Staff Writer ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. \u2014 Copyright \u00a9 2014 Albuquerque Journal Howie Morales\u2019 journey from teacher and high school baseball coach to Democratic candidate for governor hasn\u2019t left much time for rest stops. Morales, 41, is the youngest of the five candidates &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/election\/senator-howie-morales-for-governor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Senator Howie Morales for governor<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-election"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6848,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6847\/revisions\/6848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}