{"id":14397,"date":"2019-05-17T08:45:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T15:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=14397"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:45:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:45:53","slug":"the-line-political-action-committees-in-new-mexico-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-political-action-committees-in-new-mexico-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"The Line: Political Action Committees in New Mexico Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GBZwuwb4akI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>May 17, 2019 \u2013 Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and Representative Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n, both Democratic hopefuls looking to fill retiring Senator Tom Udall\u2019s seat, have pledged not to take money from political action committees, or PACs. It\u2019s a trend, but is it a winning strategy? Gene Grant and the Line opinion panelists debate the influence of corporate PAC money on elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Line Panelists:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Janice Arnold-Jones, former NM state representative<br \/>\nDan Boyd, capitol bureau chief, Albuquerque Journal<br \/>\nSophie Martin, attorney<br \/>\nDave Mulryan, founder, Everybody Votes and president, Mulryan\/Nash Advertising<\/p>\n<p><strong>For Further Reading:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfreporter.com\/news\/2019\/05\/10\/lujan-rejects-pac-money\/\">Both leading Senate Dem candidates reject PAC cash<\/a> \u2013 by Will Costello, <em>Santa Fe Reporter<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/nmpoliticalreport.com\/2019\/05\/10\/lujan-rejecting-corporate-pac-money-for-new-mexicans\/\">Luj\u00e1n: Rejecting Corporate PAC Money for New Mexicans<\/a> \u2013 by Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n, <em>NM Political Report<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2012\/05\/21\/money-unlimited\">Money Unlimited: How Chief Justice John Roberts orchestrated the Citizens United decision<\/a> \u2013 by Jeffrey Toobin, <em>The New Yorker<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 17, 2019 \u2013 Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and Representative Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n, both Democratic hopefuls looking to fill retiring Senator Tom Udall\u2019s seat, have pledged not to take money from political action committees, or PACs. 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