{"id":7124,"date":"2015-11-20T16:08:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T23:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=7124"},"modified":"2020-06-02T10:05:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:05:20","slug":"the-line-controversial-political-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-controversial-political-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Line: Controversial Political Appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 20, 2015 &#8211; \u00a0Idalia Lechuga-Tena was recently appointed to the seat for\u00a0House District 21, which includes neighborhoods in southeast Albuquerque. But\u00a0Lechuga-Tena, a Democrat, has publicly admitted that\u00a0she voted before she became a U.S. citizen. She told the<em> Albuquerque Journal<\/em> that she<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/673773\/news\/abq-news\/commission-appoints-lechuga-tena-a-democrat-to-nm-house.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> didn&#8217;t know that she couldn&#8217;t vote<\/a> when she was a legal permanent resident. The Bernalillo county clerk\u00a0asked the district attorney&#8217;s office to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/news\/local_news\/da-reviews-newly-minted-legislator-s-admission-of-voter-fraud\/article_220d67ab-60c9-5fb7-b14c-54c598ee0900.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">review the charges <\/a>but\u00a0the case is outside the statute of limitations. Lechuga-Tena was<a href=\"http:\/\/nmpoliticalreport.com\/20169\/controversial-choice-sworn-into-state-house-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> sworn in this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Host Gene Grant and this week&#8217;s Line opinion panelists discuss news coverage of\u00a0Lechuga-Tena and political challenges she might face in the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yqb1zgLLj7M?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>LINE PANELISTS:<\/em><br \/>\nDan Foley, former House minority whip<br \/>\nSophie Martin, attorney and editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dukecityfix.com\/\">DukeCityFix.com<\/a><br \/>\nLaura Sanchez-Riv\u00e9t, attorney at Cuddy &amp; McCarthy, LLP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 20, 2015 &#8211; \u00a0Idalia Lechuga-Tena was recently appointed to the seat for\u00a0House District 21, which includes neighborhoods in southeast Albuquerque. 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