Sam Bregman, a Democratic New Mexico district legal professional and father of a Main League Baseball star, launched a marketing campaign for his state’s governor’s workplace on Thursday, teeing up a main showdown with former Inside Secretary Deb Haaland within the blue-leaning state.
Bregman carved out a centrist platform in his announcement, distinguishing himself from what he characterised as “extremism” from President Donald Trump and Republicans, in addition to “weak, ineffective and complicit” congressional Democrats. The first race is poised to replicate a bigger wrestle over the way forward for the occasion, as Democrats search to ascertain a brand new id underneath a second Trump administration.
A profession legal professional and father of Crimson Sox star Alex Bregman, Bregman was tapped to be District Lawyer of Bernalillo County by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in January 2023. Lujan Grisham is term-limited, opening the sector for Democratic candidates in 2026.
The candidate’s launch video, which options Bregman driving throughout a New Mexico panorama on horseback, claims that “New Mexico is underneath assault by Elon Musk, his puppet Donald Trump and the Republicans in Washington” — and posits that Bregman is the candidate to guard it. His well-known son — who has been one of many Houston Astros’ finest gamers for the final decade earlier than signing with the Crimson Sox this offseason — didn’t seem in his launch video.
The district legal professional touted his years of authorized expertise, promising to be aggressive on points like crime and put “violent gang members behind bars.” The state has confronted a latest rise in crime, prompting Lujan Grisham to declare a state of emergency in Albuquerque on Tuesday and name within the Nationwide Guard to assist sort out native crime.
Bregman additionally took intention on the “radical left,” for dividing the occasion and ceding floor to Republicans.
“It’s the intolerance of the novel left that has divided our occasion,” the candidate stated. “At a time after we want everybody to unite within the struggle in opposition to Trump. Whether or not it’s them, or the MAGA extremists, they’ve all hijacked our politics leaving on a regular basis New Mexicans within the mud.”
Bregman will face off in opposition to Haaland, who was Biden’s Inside secretary for everything of his administration and represented the state’s battleground 1st District for one time period in Congress. Each Bregman and Haaland have beforehand chaired the state’s Democratic Occasion. The Democratic candidate is favored to win the 2026 race, though Republicans have insisted they might be aggressive in different latest statewide races. No distinguished Republicans have launched bids for the workplace but.
