{"id":8729,"date":"2016-05-11T11:48:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T18:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=8729"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:58:49","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:58:49","slug":"the-line-candidates-living-outside-their-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-candidates-living-outside-their-district\/","title":{"rendered":"The Line: Candidates Living Outside Their District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 13, 2016 &#8211; Political reporter Milan Simonich wrote an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/news\/local_news\/there-s-no-place-like-daddy-s-district-to-call\/article_ee377c46-917d-54f7-905b-b98c3d0a080d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> this week that caught our attention at <em>New Mexico in Focus<\/em>. Jeff Varela is running for the District 48 seat in the New Mexico House, which was held by his father\u00a0Luciano &#8220;Lucky&#8221; Varela for decades.\u00a0Simonich reported that although Varela is registered with an address in the district, he owns a house in Rio Rancho and has campaigned for elected office in that community in the past.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do voters care if candidates actually live in their district?<\/em> Host Gene Grant leads\u00a0debate on that question in this\u00a0week&#8217;s show.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QimeeTJebtI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Line Panelists:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Eddy Aragon, CEO, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abq.fm\/\">The Rock of Talk<\/a>,\u201d Fox News ABQ 95.9 FM<br \/>\nJanice Arnold-Jones, former state representative<br \/>\nSophie Martin, attorney and editor of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dukecityfix.com\/\">DukeCityFix.com<br \/>\n<\/a>Antoinette Sedillo L\u00f3pez, executive director of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.enlacenm.org\/\">Enlace Comunitario<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 13, 2016 &#8211; Political reporter Milan Simonich wrote an article this week that caught our attention at New Mexico in Focus. 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