I will vote June 1 for Gerald Ortiz Y Pino, who is running for the Democratic nomination for State Senate in District 12.
Jerry comes from a distinguished New Mexico family and might have been excused if he had rested on inherited laurels. Instead, he has been very active in helping kids and families, sometimes as a community activist, sometimes in state and city jobs.
(You may know him through the columns he has contributed to the Santa Fe Reporter for many years and the Alibi for a few.)
On the national level, I will be voting - again - for the lesser evil. So it is a great pleasure to be wholeheartedly behind Jerry, somebody I have known for years and know to be a kindred spirit.
PS The Albuquerque Journal has now joined the Tribune in endorsing Don Letherer for the Democratic nomination for the PRC in District 1. This would rattle me if I didn't know that Don really is honest and public-spirited to a fault.
In any case, I feel confident the Journal will endorse the Republican in the general election.