Sheriff Darren White enters race for Congress

BERNALILLO COUNTY MAKES IT OFFICIAL -- HE WANTS TO REPLACE HEATHER WILSON IN CONGRESS. AND HE'S...  More »

BERNALILLO COUNTY MAKES IT OFFICIAL -- HE WANTS TO REPLACE HEATHER WILSON IN CONGRESS. AND HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK TO GO AFTER THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL SEAT. STUART DYSON - IN OUR NEWSROOM WITH TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS. DARREN WHITE IS WILLING TO SWAP HIS BADGE FOR A SEAT IN CONGRESS - THE FIRST REPUBLICAN TO DECLARE - AND A NEW DEMOCRAT JUMPS IN TOO! OUT Q DARREN WHITE - IN HIS SECOND TERM AS SHERIFF - WOULDN'T MIND A MOVE TO WASHINGTON AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 'If you elect me to Congress I'll be hanging up my gunbelt - but not my passion - my integrity - my commitment to you and your family.' WHEN IT COMES TO THE WAR - WHITE WILL NOT CUT AND RUN. ' We all want to bring the troops home - and I will do just that - but our troops must return in victory ' CONGRESSWOMAN WILSON - NOT RUNNING FOR RE- ELECTION INSTEAD SHE'S RUNNING FOR RETIRING PETE DOMENICI'S SENATE SEAT. ON THE DEMOCRATS' SIDE - A NEW CANDIDATE FOR WILSON'S SEAT. FORMER STATE HEALTH SECRETARY MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM . ' I have spent time with families and seniors and people with disabilities and I know firsthand what it takes to provide meaningful access and what the barriers are - and I know that states can't do it alone - and I think that makes me more than uniquely qualified.' GRISHAM JOINS CITY COUNCILOR MARTIN HEINRICH IN THE DEMOCRATIC FIELD - HE'S BEEN RUNNING FOR MONTHS. LAWYER JON ADAMS - A POLITICAL NEWCOMER - JUMPED IN THE RACE IN AUGUST. GRISHAM WILL MAKE HER FORMAL - OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCEMENT IN ALBUQUERQUE TOMORROW. BACK TO YOU.  « Less