Valerie Plame is running for Congress
Santa Fe New Mexican – Valerie Plame, a former CIA officer, author and lecturer, is running for Congress as a Democrat in the Northern New Mexico district.
“I love the idea of serving my country again,” Plame said in an interview Thursday morning.
Plame, 55, said she considered running for the U.S. Senate after incumbent Tom Udall announced he would not seek re-election to a third term.
She instead decide to run for the House of Representatives in the 3rd Congressional District.
The seat in the 3rd District also is open. The incumbent congressman, Democrat Ben Ray Luján, is running to succeed Udall in the Senate.
Plame said in a statement she considers herself best-known as “the covert CIA operations officer who was illegally outed by the Bush administration in 2003.”
This happened after her then-husband, Ambassador Joe Wilson, wrote a column revealing “falsehoods told to the American people that led to the U.S. invasion of Iraq.”
Plame lives in Santa Fe, key vote center of the Democrat-dominated 3rd District. She expects heavy competition for the nomination.
“I think it’s going to be packed,” she said of the Democratic primary in 2020.
Teresa Leger and Gavin Kaiser have filed with the Federal Election Commission as candidates for the seat. State Rep. Joseph Sanchez of Alcalde also has announced his candidacy.
Several other politicians say they are considering entering the congressional race.
Source: US Government Class
