Leading Off
Campaign ActionLujan Grisham leaves behind New Mexico's 1st District, an Albuquerque seat that backed Hillary Clinton 52-35 last month. Most of the action is likely to be in the Democratic primary, and there are plenty of local politicians who can run here.
While Daily Kos Elections usually lets other people play the Great Mentioner, we're just going to name-drop one well-known Albuquerque Democrat right now. Steven Michael Quezada, who played DEA agent Steve Gomez on all five seasons of Breaking Bad, was recently elected to the five-member Bernalillo County Commission: We don't know if Quezada is actually interested in going to D.C., but we love Breaking Bad too much not to at least mention his name. Plus, Breaking Bad brings a new meaning to the term "blue seat."
